Interstellar Isomers: The Importance of Bonding Energy Differences
@article{Remijan2005InterstellarIT, title={Interstellar Isomers: The Importance of Bonding Energy Differences}, author={Anthony J. Remijan and Jan M. Hollis and Francis J. Lovas and David F Plusquellic and Phil R. Jewell}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2005}, volume={632}, pages={333 - 339} }
We present strong detections of methyl cyanide (CH3CN), vinyl cyanide (CH2CHCN), ethyl cyanide (CH3CH2CN), and cyanodiacetylene (HC4CN) molecules with the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) toward the Sgr B2(N) molecular cloud. Attempts to detect the corresponding isocyanide isomers were only successful in the case of methyl isocyanide (CH3NC) for its JK = 10-00 transition, which is the first interstellar report of this line. To determine the spatial distribution of CH3NC, we used archival Berkeley…
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