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The Organic Chemistry of TMC-1 Revisited

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I reconsider the formation of complex interstellar molecules in the dark cloud TMC-1.

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Charnley, S.B. (1999). The Organic Chemistry of TMC-1 Revisited. In: Greenberg, J.M., Li, A. (eds) Formation and Evolution of Solids in Space. NATO ASI Series, vol 523. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4806-1_8

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