List of Interstellar Molecules (180, Nov 2014)


Hydrogen Compounds
 
H HD  H3   H2D+

            
Hydrogen and Carbon Compounds
 
CH CH+ C2 CH2 C2H *C3
CH3 C2H2 C3H+ C3H(lin) c-C3H *CH4
C4 c-C3H2 l-C3H2 H2CCC(lin) C4H *C5
*C2H4 C5H H2C4(lin) *HC4H CH3C2H C6H
*HC6H H2C6 *C7H CH3C4H CH3C6H C8H
C8H- C3H6 *C6H6 C60 C70

Hydrogen, Carbon (possibly) and Oxygen Compounds
 
OH OH+ O2 CO CO+ H2O
H2O+ HO2 HCO HCO+ HOC C2
CO2 H3O+ H2O2 HOCO+ H2CO C3O
CH3O CH2CO HCOOH H2COH+ CH3OH CH2CHO
CH2CHOH CH2CHCHO HC2CHO C5O CH3CHO  c-C2H4
c-C3H2 CH3OCHO  CH2OHCHO CH3COOH CH3OCH3 CH3CH2OH
CH3CH2CHO (CH3)2CO HOCH2CH2OH CH3OCOCH3 C2H5OCHO C2H5OCH3
(CH2OH)2CO?

 
 
Hydrogen, Carbon (possibly) and Nitrogen Compounds
 
NH NH+ CN CN- C2N N2
NH2 HCN  HNC  N2H+ NH3 HCNH+
H2CN  HCCN C3N HC3N CH2CN CH2NH
HC2CN HC2NC NH2CN  C3NH HNCNH CH3CN
CH3NC HC3NH+ *HC4N C5N C5N- CH2CNH
HNCHCN CH3NH2 CH2CHCN CH3CONH2 HC5N H2NCH2NC
CH3CHNH CH3C3N CH2CCHCN CH3CH2CN HC7N CH3C5N?
HC9N n-C3H7CN i-C3H7CN HC11N

Hydrogen, Carbon (possibly), Nitrogen and Oxygen Compounds
 
NO NO+ HNO N2O HNCO HOCN
HCOCN H2NCO+ NH2CHO

  Other Species
 
SH SH+ CS SO SO+ NS
SiH *SiC SiN SiO SiS HCl
HCl+ H2Cl+ *NaCl *AlCl *KCl *KCN
HF CF+ *AlO *AlF *CP HCP
CCP PN PO PH3 H2S C2S
SO2 OCS HCS+ HSCN c-SiC2 *SiCN
*SiNC *NaCN *MgCN *MgNC HMgNC *AlNC
*AlOH H2CS HNCS  C3S c-SiC3 *SiH4
*SiC4 CH3SH CH3CH2SH C5S FeO FeCN
TiO TiO2 ArH+
  

- Species in Italic have been detected by electronic absorption (visible or UV). When they have also been detected in radio, they are underligned.

- Molecular ions are in bold face.

- * circumstellar species

- (c) means cycles, (lin) or (l) linear molecules