NASA NTRS · 19840059521
A new interstellar molecule - Tricarbon monoxide
Abstract
The C3O molecule, whose pure rotational spectrum has only recently been studied in the laboratory, has been detected in the cold, dark interstellar Taurus Molecular Cloud 1. Since C3O is the first interstelar carbon chain molecule to contain oxygen, its existence places an important new constraint on chemical schemes for cold interstellar clouds. The abundance of C3O can be understood in terms of purely gas-phase ion-molecule chemistry.
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Matthews, H. E., Irvine, W. M., Friberg, P., Brown, R. D., Godfrey, P. D.. 1984-07-12. A new interstellar molecule - Tricarbon monoxide. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19840059521
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