Vinyl Alcohol - Occurrence in Interstellar Medium

Occurrence in Interstellar Medium

Vinyl alcohol was discovered in the molecular cloud Sagittarius B using the 12-meter radio telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. This vinyl alcohol being stable in the (dilute) interstellar medium shows that its tautomerization is not unimolecular.

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