Discovery of propenethial (CH<sub>2</sub>CHCHS) in TMC-1
We present the detection of propenethial (CH 2 CHCHS), the sulphur analogue of interstellar acrolein (CH 2 CHCHO), towards TMC-1. The detection of this new sulphur molecule in TMC-1 is based on the data derived from rotational spectroscopy laboratory experiments, including new data in the millimetre wave domain, which are also presented in this work. Propenethial was observed in the cold dark cloud TMC-1 using data from the ongoing QUIJOTE line survey, which is being carried out with the Yebes 40m telescope. A total of nine rotational transitions with J = 6 up to 9 and K a = 0 and 1 were detected in the 31.0–50.4 GHz range. We derive a total column density for propenethial of (4.4 ± 0.4) × 10 10 cm −2 , which is 2, 6.8, and 27 times smaller than those for CH 3 CHS, HCCHS, and NCCHS, which are the other thioaldehyde derivatives detected in TMC-1. The abundance ratio found in TMC-1 between the aldehyde counterpart, acrolein, and propenethial is 4.7, which is also different from those found for other pairs of aldehydes-thioaldehydes in this source. Our investigation of possible chemical formation pathways suggests that CH 2 CHCHS likely results from a combination of gas- and surface-phase reactions.
Authors
- Štěpán Urban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4566-4930)
- Germán Molpeceres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8803-8684)
- Tereza Uhlíková (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6220-2092)
- Karel Vávra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6282-3710)
- P. Kania (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8338-3569)
- P. de Vicente (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5902-5005)
- Jan Koucký (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9498-9400)
- N. Marcelino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7236-4047)
- Lucie Kolesníková (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3567-0349)
- G. Esplugues (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4292-4127)
- M. Agúndez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3248-3564)
- J. Cernicharo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3518-2524)
- C. Cabezas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1254-7738)
- R. Fuentetaja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4859-1458)
- B. Tercero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4782-5259)
- G. Vylitova
- Lukáš Hrubčík (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6258-2245)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Published
- 2025-05-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202554670
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.78
Funders
- Grantová Agentura České Republiky
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- European Regional Development Fund
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación
- European Social Fund