Methyl isocyanate (CH3NCO) is one of the important complex organic molecules detected on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by Rosetta's Philae lander. It was also detected in hot cores around high-mass protostars along with a recent detection in the solar-type protostar IRAS 16293-2422. We propose here a gas-grain chemical model to form CH3NCO after reviewing various formation pathways with quantum chemical computations. We have used NAUTILUS 3-phase gas-grain chemical model to compare observed abundances in the IRAS 16293-2422. Our chemical model clearly indicates the ice phase origin of CH3NCO.
@article{arxiv.1709.10118,
title = {Methyl isocyanate CH3NCO: An important missing organic in current astrochemical networks},
author = {Liton Majumdar and Jean-Christophe Loison and Maxime Ruaud and Pierre Gratier and Valentine Wakelam and Audrey Coutens},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.10118},
year = {2017}
}