In chimia organic, methenium (de methyl-enium (en)), methyl cation o methylium es un cation de formula CH+3.
Pote esser vidite como:
- Cf. Moleculas interstellar e circumstellar (en)
In junio 2023, methyl cation es detegite pro le prime vice in le spatio interstellar per astrophysicos.[2]
Articulo principal: Abiogenese
Es cognoscite pro su reaction de recombination dissociative in interstellar medio[3] o in le ionosphera de alcun planetas:
- CH+3 + e− → :CH2 + H·
- ↑ Golob, L. (1972). "The first ionization potential of the methyl radical as determined by photoelectron spectroscopy". Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 1 (5): 506–508. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/0368-2048(72)80022-7. ISSN 0368-2048.
- ↑ Berne, Olivier et al. (26 June 2023). "Formation of the Methyl Cation by Photochemistry in a Protoplanetary Disk". Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06307. Recuperate le 27 June 2023.
- ↑ Le cation méthyle (CH3+) détecté pour la première fois dans l’espace (francese). Observatoire de Paris (27 juin 2023).