Complex Chemistry of Titan, Saturn's Moon (IMAGE)

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Complex Chemistry of Titan, Saturn's Moon

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This chart shows calculations for potential energy surfaces in chemical reaction processes involving naphthyl radicals and vinylacetylene gases. The combination of these gases can produce a number of compounds, including three-ring molecular structures.

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Long Zhao, Ralf I. Kaiser, et al., <i>Nature Astronomy</i>, DOI: 10.1038/s41550-018-0585-y

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