@article{bottinelli_boogert_dishoeck_beckwith_bouwman_linnartz_öberg_2008, 
  title={Precursors of complex organic molecules: NH3 and CH3OH in the ices surrounding low-mass protostars}, 
  DOI={10.1017/s1743921308021285}, 
  abstractNote={<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>NH<jats:sub>3</jats:sub> and CH<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>OH are key molecules in the chemical networks leading to the formation of complex N- and O-bearing organic molecules. However, despite a number of recent studies, there is still a lot to learn about their abundances in the solid state and how they relate to those of other N/O-bearing organic molecules or to NH<jats:sub>3</jats:sub> and CH<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>OH abundances in the gas phase. This is particularly true in the case of low-mass young stellar objects (YSOs), for which only the recent advent of the <jats:italic>Spitzer</jats:italic> Space Telescope has allowed high sensitivity observations of the ices in their enveloppes. We present a combined study of <jats:italic>Spitzer</jats:italic> data (obtained within the Legacy program "From Molecular Cores to Planet-Forming Disks", <jats:italic>c2d</jats:italic>) and laboratory spectra, leading to the detections of NH<jats:sub>3</jats:sub> and CH<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>OH in the ices of low-mass protostars. We investigate correlations with other ice features and conclude with prospects on further studies linking these two precursors of complex organic molecules with their gas-phase products.</jats:p>}, 
  number={S251}, 
  publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, 
  author={Bottinelli and Boogert and Dishoeck and Beckwith and Bouwman and Linnartz and Öberg}, 
  year={2008}
  }