Alexandra Burke Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry University of Georgia Learn more about the speaker Friday, October 14, 2022 - 11:30am iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218 Physical Seminar The cyano radical (CN) is an abundant, open-shell molecule found in a variety of environments, including the atmosphere, the interstellar medium and combustion processes. In these environments, it often reacts with small, closed-shell molecules via hydrogen abstraction. Both carbon and nitrogen atoms of the cyano radical are reactive sites, however the carbon is more reactive with reaction barrier heights generally between 2-15 kcal/mol lower than those of the analogous nitrogen. The CN + HX -> HCN/HNC + X, with X = H, CH3, NH2, OH, F, SiH3, PH2, SH, Cl, C2H, CN reactions have been studied at a high-level of theory, including CCSD(T)-F12a. Furthermore, kinetics were obtained over the 100-1000 K temperature range, showing excellent agreement with those rate constants that have been determined experimentally. Research Areas: Physical Chemistry