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The project proposes to study the interaction and plausible gas-phase proton transfer reaction between acetonitrile and formic acid using high-resolution spectroscopy in superfluid helium nanodroplets and theoretical methods. It is also proposed to study aggregation of acetonitrile and formic acid molecules in various proportions such as (acetonitrile)1***(formic acid)n (n = 1 to 2), (acetonitrile)m***( formic acid)1 (m = 1 to 2) and (acetonitrile)m***( formic acid)n (m,n=1 to 2). These molecular clusters will be studied experimentally, in superfluid helium nanodroplets, as well as theoretically, using ab initio electronic structure methods.

The project being undertaken by ISRO in collaboration with academia is directly or indirectly beneficial to the society.