摘要:Context.Alma Cycle 3 observations serendipitously showed strong absorption from diffuse molecular gas in the Galactic bulge at −200 km s−1 51(3σ) for the bulge gas toward J1744 and 58 ± 9 and 64 ± 4 for the disk gas toward J1717 and J1744, respectively, all well above the value of 20−25 typical of the central molecular zone.Conclusions.The kinematics and chemistry of the bulge gas observed toward J1744 more nearly resemble that of gas in the Milky Way disk than in the central molecular zone.