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Detection of a four-carbon sugar in interstellar space
Izaskun Jimenez-Serra, Juan Garcia de la Concepcion, Herma M. Cuppen +19
Sugars are essential biomolecules, serving as metabolic fuels, nucleic acid backbone components, and structural or energy-storage polymers. A central question in origin-of-life res…
Aromatic rings in the Central Molecular Zone: Benzonitrile
V. M. Rivilla, D. San Andrés, M. Sanz-Novo +12
In recent years, several aromatic molecules (benzene-based rings) have been detected in the cold molecular cloud TMC-1, with its CN-derivative, benzonitrile (c-CHCN), also…
First glycine isomer detected in the interstellar medium: glycolamide (NHC(O)CHOH)
Víctor M. Rivilla, Miguel Sanz-Novo, Izaskun Jiménez-Serra +13
We report the first detection in the interstellar medium of a CHON isomer: -glycolamide (NHC(O)CHOH). The exquisite sensitivity at sub-mK levels of an ultr…
Discovery of the elusive carbonic acid (HOCOOH) in space
Miguel Sanz-Novo, Víctor M. Rivilla, Izaskun Jiménez-Serra +12
After a quarter century since the detection of the last interstellar carboxylic acid, acetic acid (CHCOOH), we report the discovery of a new one, the cis-trans form of carbonic…
The complex organic molecular content in the L1517B starless core
Andrés Megías, Izaskun Jiménez-Serra, Jesús Martín-Pintado +5
Recent observations of the pre-stellar core L1544 and the younger starless core L1498 have revealed that complex organic molecules (COMs) are enhanced in the gas phase toward their…