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On the Detection of Isobutene in Space
M. Fatima, H. S. P. Müller, O. Zingsheim, F. Lewen, V. M. Rivilla, I. Jiménez-Serra, J. Martín-Pintado, and S. Schlemmer
reported on the
Millimetre and Submillimetre Spectroscopy of Isobutene and Its Detection in the Molecular Cloud G+0.693
Astron. Astrophys. 680, Art. No. A25 (2023).
Isobutene, (CH3)2C=CH2, is one of four non-cyclic C4H8 isomers; another isomer is cyclobutane. It was identified in the course of a molecular line survey of the Galactic center cold molecular cloud G+0.693−0.027 carried out with the Yebes 40 m radio telescope.
Contributor(s): H. S. P. Müller; 12, 2023