Reports on the Detection of Acetamide in the ISM

Acetamide, CH3C(O)NH2, has been identified in spectra recorded toward Sgr B2(N) by
J. M. Hollis, F. J. Lovas, A. R. Remijan, P. R. Jewell, V. V. Ilyushin, and I. Kleiner,
Detection of Acetamide (CH3CONH2): the Largest Interstellar Molecule with a Peptide Bond
Astrophys. J. 643, L25–L28 (2006).


Contributor(s): H. S. P. Müller; 4, 2006