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The dense interstellar clouds in our Milky Way Galaxy and other galaxies are the most massive molecular objects known in the Universe. Their composition and chemical evolution are, in consequence, fundamental aspects of nature whose investigation is basic to space chemistry. Because the physical conditions in these clouds are quite extreme by the standards of the terrestrial laboratory, they provide a chemical environment which is quite different from that normally encountered on Earth.
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Irvine, W.M. (1991). The Molecular Composition of Dense Interstellar Clouds. In: Greenberg, J.M., Pirronello, V. (eds) Chemistry in Space. NATO ASI Series, vol 323. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0695-2_4
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