Propylene Oxide (CH3CHCH2O)

McGuire, Brett A.; Carroll, P. Brandon

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-65093-6_5382

Brett A. McGuire¹¹ &
P. Brandon Carroll¹²

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Synonyms

Methyl oxirane

Chemical Formula

CH₃CHCH₂O

Definition

Propylene oxide (CH₃CHCH₂O) is a cyclic, chiral organic molecule detected in the interstellar medium toward the Sagittarius B2(N) high-mass star-forming region.

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Cunningham MR, Jones PA, Godfrey PD, Cragg DM, Bains I, Burton MG, Calisse P, Crighton NHM, Curran SJ, Davis TM, Dempsey JT, Fulton B, Hidas MG, Hill T, Kedziora-Chudzer L, Minier V, Pracy MB, Purcell C, Shobbrook J, Travouillon T (2007) A search for propylene oxide in Sagittarius B2 (LMH) and Orion. Mon Not R Astron Soc 376:1201–1210
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McGuire BA, Carroll PB, Loomis RA, Finneran IA, Jewell PR, Remijan AJ, Blake GA (2016) Discovery of the interstellar chiral molecule propylene oxide (CH₃CHCH₂O). Science 352:1449–1452
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Salzman WR (1998) Circular dichroism at microwave frequencies: calculated rotational strengths for transitions up to J = 10 for some oxirane derivatives. J Mol Spectrosc 192:61–68
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Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Brett A. McGuire
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA
P. Brandon Carroll

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Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
Muriel Gargaud
Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
William M. Irvine
Centro Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
Ricardo Amils
Analytical, Environmental, Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
Philippe Claeys
Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Henderson James Cleaves
Radio Astronomy, Paris Observatory, Paris, France
Maryvonne Gerin
LESIA, Observatoire de Paris-Site de Meudon, Meudon, France
Daniel Rouan
International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland
Tilman Spohn
Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques de Nantes, Centre François Viète d’Histoire des Sciences et de Techniques EA 1161, Nantes, France
Stéphane Tirard
Innovaxiom, Paris, CX, France
Michel Viso

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McGuire, B.A., Carroll, P.B. (2023). Propylene Oxide (CH₃CHCH₂O). In: Gargaud, M., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65093-6_5382

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