Propylene Oxide (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Propylene Oxide

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The S (Latin for sinister, left) and R (Latin for rectus, right) versions of the chiral molecule propylene oxide, which was discovered in a massive star-forming region near the center of our Galaxy. This is the first detection of a chiral molecule in interstellar space.

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B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

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