CH3SC(O)H observed line frequencies and strengths

S-methyl thioformate being, thermodynamically,the most stable isomer, it can be reasonably proposed for detection in the ISM. This work aims to experimentally study and theoretically analyze the ground and first torsional excited states for CH_3_SC(O)H in a large spectral range for astrophysical use.

S-methyl thioformate was synthesized as a result of a reaction of methyl mercaptan with acetic-formic anhydride. The millimeter-wave spectrum was then recorded for the first time from 150 to 660GHz with the solid-state-based spectrometer at Lille. A set of 3545 lines is determined and combined with 54 previously measured lines in the microwave region, belonging to ground state vt=0 as well as 1391 transitions in the first excited state of torsion v18=1.