RECENT OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR-MOLECULES - DETECTION OF CCO AND A LIMIT ON H2C3O

Authors

RD BROWN
DM CRAGG
PD GODFREY
William M. Irvine, University of Massachusetts - AmherstFollow
D MCGONAGLE
M OHISHI

Publication Date

1992

Journal or Book Title

ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSPHERE

Abstract

In order to test gas-phase reaction schemes for the production of small oxides of carbon in cold, dense interstellar clouds, we have searched for the radical CCO and for propadienone (H2C3O) in Taurus Molecular Cloud 1, a nearby cloud which exhibits a rich organic chemistry. The radical CCO has been detected with a fractional abundance some two orders of magnitude less than that of CCS, about one order of magnitude less than that of H2CCO, and slightly less than that of C3O. An upper limit has been obtained on the abundance of propadienone which is slightly less than that of its isomer propynal (HC2CHO).

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01808310

Pages

399-405

Volume

21

Issue

5-6

Recommended Citation

BROWN, RD; CRAGG, DM; GODFREY, PD; Irvine, William M.; MCGONAGLE, D; and OHISHI, M, "RECENT OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR-MOLECULES - DETECTION OF CCO AND A LIMIT ON H2C3O" (1992). ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSPHERE. 229.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01808310