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Rotational spectroscopic study and astronomical search for propiolamide in Sgr B2(N)

E R Alonso1,2, L Kolesniková3, A Belloche4

  • 1Instituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC), University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain.

Astronomy and Astrophysics
|July 14, 2021
PubMed
Summary

Researchers studied propiolamide, an amide counterpart to cyanoacetylene, to aid its detection in space. Despite extensive laboratory measurements, propiolamide was not detected in the Sgr B2 star-forming region, suggesting low interstellar abundance.

Keywords:
Sagittarius B2 – astronomical databasesastrochemistry – ISMidentification – ISMindividual objectsmiscellaneousmolecules – line

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