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Science 14 August 1970:
Vol. 169. no. 3946, pp. 679 - 680
DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3946.679
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Microwave Detection of Thioformaldehyde

Donald R. Johnson 1 and Francis X. Powell 1

1 National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234

Thioformaldehyde (H2CS) has been detected and characterized from its microwave spectrum. Preliminary analysis of rotational transitions for the sulfur-32-containing form of H2CS shows this new species to have C2v symmetry with rotational constants (in megahertz) of A = 292,729, B = 17,698, and C = 16,652. The possibility of detection of thioformaldehyde in the interstellar medium is discussed, and a table of transitions expected to be of importance for that detection is presented.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
A Search for the 110 larr 111 Transition of Interstellar Thioformaldehyde.
N. J. Evans II, C. H. Townes, H. F. Weaver, and D. R. W. Williams (1970)
Science 169, 680-681
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