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Table 1

Positions and attributions of infrared absorption bands of methanimine (CH2NH) at 50 K, hydrogen cyanide (HCN) at 20 K, ammonium cyanide ([CN]) at 20 K, pure aminoacetonitrile at 130 K, and refractory residues at 260 K.

Ices Wavenumber Attribution
(cm -1 )

Methanimine (CH 2 NH) 3266 ν(N-H)
(ϵ NH3, 50 K) 3162/3140 νas(C-H)
(Hamada et al. 1984; Jacox & Milligan 1975) 2987/2916/2886 νs(C-H)
2206 Harmon or comb?
2144 Harmon or comb?
1642/1634 ν(C = N)
1411 δ(CH2)
1186 δ(NH2)
1112 τ( NH)
1077 ω(CH2)
1069 ρ(CH2)

Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) 3114 ν(C-H)
(pure, 20 K) 2100 ν(CN)
(Gerakines et al. 2004) 1618 Harmon
849 δ(NCH

Ammonium cyanide [ CN] 3216 Comb
(NH3 content, 20 K) 3024 ν(NH)
(Clutter & Thompson 1969; Gerakines et al. 2004) 2956 Comb
2771 Harmon
2080/2065 CN Comb/n
1628 δ(NH)
1488 δ(NH)

Aminoacetonitrile 3367 νas(NH2)
(NH2CH2CN)
(pure, 130 K) 3271 νs(NH2
(Bernstein et al. 2004) 2981 νas(CH2)
2945 νs(CH2)
2240 ν(CN
1595 δ(NH2)
1424 δ(CH2)
1335 δ(CH2)
1095 ν(C-N)
928 ω(NH

Refractory residues 3347 ν(NH2)
(260 K, based on PEI attributions) 3269 NH ?
(Kuptsov & Zhizhin 1998) 2913 ν(CH2)
2840 ν(CH2)
2230 ν(CN)
1598 δ(NH)
1450 δ(CH)
1359 δ(CH)
1100 ν(CN)

Notes. Vibration mode: stretching (ν), bending (δ), rocking (ρ), torsion (τ), wagging (ω). Type of vibration mode: asymmetric (as), symmetric (s). Comb: combination mode. Harmon: harmonic mode.

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