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Interstellar molecules are useful guides to the conditions within interstellar clouds. The list presented here gives information on the sources, abundances and conditions of all interstellar molecules identified up until September 1979.
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Mann, A., Williams, D. A list of interstellar molecules. Nature 283, 721–725 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/283721a0
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