NGC 1333 IRAS 4A
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First Identification and Chemical Modeling of New Thiol (−SH) Bearing Molecule in the Interstellar Medium: Dithioformic Acid

by Keith Cowing

The study of complex organic molecules containing thiol (−SH) groups is essential in interstellar media because −SH plays an important role in the polymerization of amino acids (R-CH(NH2)-COOH).

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