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Interstellar Formaldehyde Chemistry

Interstellar Formaldehyde Chemistry is a specialized subfield of astrochemistry that systematically investigates the formation, detection, and reaction pathways of formaldehyde (H₂CO) in interstellar molecular clouds, distinguishing it from broader interstellar chemical studies through its focused analysis of formaldehyde's spectroscopic signatures, astrochemical modeling, and role in prebiotic molecular synthesis.

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Interstellar Glycolaldehyde: The First Sugar

J. M. Hollis, F. J. Lovas, P. R. Jewell · The Astrophysical Journal · 2000 · 470 citations

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Enhanced Deuterium Fractionation in Dense Interstellar Cores Resulting from Multiply Deuterated H[FORMULA][F][SUP]+[/SUP][INF]3[/INF][/F][/FORMULA]

Helen Roberts, Eric Herbst, T. J. Millar · The Astrophysical Journal · 2003 · 269 citations · Full text

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An Experimental Study of the Organic Molecules Produced in Cometary and Interstellar Ice Analogs by Thermal Formaldehyde Reactions

W. A. Schutte, L. J. Allamandola, Scott A. Sandford · Icarus · 1993 · 231 citations

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Interstellar Antifreeze: Ethylene Glycol

J. M. Hollis, F. J. Lovas, P. R. Jewell et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2002 · 221 citations

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Testing grain surface chemistry: a survey of deuterated formaldehyde and methanol in low-mass class 0 protostars

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2006 · 168 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. GD
    Grégoire Danger

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    6 publications · 272 citations

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  2. CC
    C. Ceccarelli

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    6 publications · 459 citations

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  3. TC
    T. Chiavassa

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    5 publications · 219 citations

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  4. FD
    Fabrice Duvernay

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    5 publications · 219 citations

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  5. EC
    E. Caux

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    4 publications · 286 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    17 h-index

    66 publications

    3.1K citations

  2. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    24 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble

    Grenoble, France

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    1K citations

  4. Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory

    Florence, Italy

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    642 citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    314 citations

  6. National Radio Astronomy Observatory

    Charlottesville, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    924 citations

  7. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    1K citations

  8. Université Grenoble Alpes

    Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    568 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 31 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    15 publications · 629 citations

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  4. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

    Repository · 4 publications · 214 citations

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  5. Nature

    4 publications · 173 citations

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