Discovery of the interstellar chiral molecule propylene oxide (CH3CHCH2O)
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Discovery of the interstellar chiral molecule propylene oxide (CH₃CHCH₂O).
Life on Earth relies on chiral molecules-that is, species not superimposable on their mirror images. This manifests itself in the selection of a single molecular handedness, or homochirality, across the biosphere. We present the astronomical detection of a chiral molecule, propylene oxide (CH3CHCH2O), in absorption toward the Galactic center. Propylene oxide is detected in the gas phase in a co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.aae0328