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Molecular precursors of the RNA-world in space: new nitriles in the G+0.693-0.027 molecular cloud
Víctor M. Rivilla, Izaskun Jiménez-Serra, Jesus Martín-Pintado +10
Nitriles play a key role as molecular precursors in prebiotic experiments based on the RNA-world scenario for the origin of life. These chemical compounds could have been partially…
Precursors of fatty alcohols in the ISM: Discovery of n-propanol
Izaskun Jimenez-Serra, Lucas F. Rodriguez-Almeida, Jesus Martin-Pintado +12
Theories on the origins of life propose that early cell membranes were synthesized from amphiphilic molecules simpler than phospholipids such as fatty alcohols. The discovery in th…
Precursors of the RNA-world in space: Detection of ()-1,2-ethenediol in the interstellar medium, a key intermediate in sugar formation
Víctor M. Rivilla, Laura Colzi, Izaskun Jiménez-Serra +20
We present the first detection of ()-1,2-ethenediol, (CHOH), the enol form of glycolaldehyde, in the interstellar medium towards the G+0.693-0.027 molecular cloud located in…
Deuterium fractionation as a multi-phase component tracer in the Galactic Centre
L. Colzi, J. Martín-Pintado, V. M. Rivilla +6
The Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) contains most of the mass of our Galaxy but its star formation rate is one order of magnitude lower than in the Galactic disc. This is likely relat…