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| [[molecules:ism:aan|Aminoacetonitrile]] was detected earlier in the course of this molecular line survey. At a rotational temperature of about 150 K, very many transitions of //n//-propyl cyanide have non-negligible intensities. However, many of them are blended severely with emissions or absorptions of other molecules. Nevertheless, a considerable number of transitions of the lower energy //anti//-conformer are not or only slightly blended. Its column density is about a factor of 100 lower in Sgr B2(N) than those of methyl and ethyl cyanide. | [[molecules:ism:aan|Aminoacetonitrile]] was detected earlier in the course of this molecular line survey. At a rotational temperature of about 150 K, very many transitions of //n//-propyl cyanide have non-negligible intensities. However, many of them are blended severely with emissions or absorptions of other molecules. Nevertheless, a considerable number of transitions of the lower energy //anti//-conformer are not or only slightly blended. Its column density is about a factor of 100 lower in Sgr B2(N) than those of methyl and ethyl cyanide. |
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| //n//-Propyl cyanide is the third alkyl cyanide to be detected in space after methyl cyanide, [[molecules:ism:mecn|CH<sub>3</sub>CN]], and ethyl cyanide, [[molecules:ism:etcn|C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CN]]. | //n//-Propyl cyanide is the third alkyl cyanide to be detected in space after methyl cyanide, **[[molecules:ism:mecn|CH<sub>3</sub>CN]]**, and ethyl cyanide, **[[molecules:ism:etcn|C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CN]]**. |
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| Transitions of the lower energy //g//-//n//-propyl cyanide were detected unambiguously in the course of a line survey of the same region carried out with ALMA which lead to the detection of //i//-propyl cyanide as described in the paragraphs further below.\\ | Transitions of the lower energy //g//-//n//-propyl cyanide were detected unambiguously in the course of a line survey of the same region carried out with ALMA which lead to the detection of //i//-propyl cyanide as described in the paragraphs further below.\\ |
| **[[https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1256678|Detection of a Branched Alkyl Molecule in the Interstellar Medium: //iso//-Propyl Cyanide]]**\\ | **[[https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1256678|Detection of a Branched Alkyl Molecule in the Interstellar Medium: //iso//-Propyl Cyanide]]**\\ |
| //Science// **345**, (2014) 1584–1587.\\ | //Science// **345**, (2014) 1584–1587.\\ |
| See also the **[[https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressreleases/2014/10|MPIfR press release]]** (in English; German version also available) or the **[[https://portal.uni-koeln.de/universitaet/aktuell/presseinformationen/detail/interstellare-molekuele-verzweigen-sich|Universität zu Köln press release]]** (in German). | See also the **[[https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressreleases/2014/10|MPIfR press release]]** (in English; **[[https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressemeldungen/2014/10|German version]]** also available) or the **[[https://portal.uni-koeln.de/universitaet/aktuell/presseinformationen/detail/interstellare-molekuele-verzweigen-sich|Universität zu Köln press release]]** (in German). |
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| The molecule is the first one found in the interstellar medium with a branched carbon backbone. It is a first step towards confirming earlier assumptions that branched molecules are abundant in space. This is a particularly important finding for the search for amino acids and other biogenic molecules in space. The molecule is also the fourth alkyl cyanide found in space. | The molecule is the first one found in the interstellar medium with a branched carbon backbone. It is a first step towards confirming earlier assumptions that branched molecules are abundant in space. This is a particularly important finding for the search for amino acids and other biogenic molecules in space. The molecule is also the fourth alkyl cyanide found in space. |