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Table 3

Summary of the detected interstellar COMs towards the selected positions.

Molecule Eupk(a) Detected Eupk Database Component(b)
(K) (K)
CH3OH Methanol 45–1677 45–488 JPL e,s
CH3OCHO Methyl formate 80–352 80–352 JPL e,s
C2H5OH Ethanol 88–3294 90–407 CDMS s
CH3COCH Acetone 98–2241 98–304 JPL s
a(CH2OH)2 Ethylene glycol 98–1729 266–455 CDMS s
CH3CHO Acetaldehyde 153–807 153–383 JPL s
CH3NCO Methyl isocyanate 323–465 365–460 CDMS s
C2H3CN Vinyl cyanide 300–2531 308–326 CDMS c
C2H5CN Ethyl cyanide 60–2032 72–351 CDMS c
HC(O)NH Formamide 136–152 136–152 CDMS e,s,c

t-HCOOH(d),(e) Formic acid 136–645 145 CDMS e

Notes. (a) Range of upper energy levels of all transitions in our frequency coverage with an Aij above 10−4 s−1, except for methanol and methyl formate, where the lowest energy transition detected has an Aij of 9.87 × 10−5 s−1 and 2.68 × 10−5 s−1, respectively.(b)The label e corresponds to the inner envelope, s to the accretion shocks, and c to the innermost central regions that could have contribution from both the outflow and the accretion disk. (c) Spectroscopic parameters are more uncertain at this frequency range (Ordu et al. 2019). (d) The identification is based on only one to two unblended transitions. (e)Formic acid contains less than 6 atoms, it is, however, the simplest organic acid and thus will be discussed together with the listed interstellar COMs.

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