Methanetetrol and the final frontier in ortho acids

Joshua H. Marks, Xilin Bai, Anatoliy A. Nikolayev, Qi’ang Gong, Mason McAnally, Jia Wang, Yang Pan, Ryan C. Fortenberry (), Alexander M. Mebel (), Tao Yang () and Ralf I. Kaiser ()
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Joshua H. Marks: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Xilin Bai: East China Normal University
Anatoliy A. Nikolayev: Samara National Research University
Qi’ang Gong: East China Normal University
Mason McAnally: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jia Wang: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Yang Pan: University of Science and Technology of China
Ryan C. Fortenberry: University
Alexander M. Mebel: Florida International University
Tao Yang: East China Normal University
Ralf I. Kaiser: University of Hawaii at Manoa

Nature Communications, 2025, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract The rapid dissociation of methanetetrol (C(OH)4) has been suggested as an impediment to its observation, despite the stability of its substituted derivative orthocarbonates (C(OR)4). Here, the tunability of synchrotron-generated vacuum ultraviolet light and the sensitivity of photoionization are exploited to probe the exotic chemistry of the interstellar medium toward the discovery of this molecule. Laboratory-made model ices simulate the composition of astrophysical ices under conditions mimicking those found in dense interstellar molecular clouds with low temperature (5–10 K) and low pressure (

Date: 2025
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