Detection of Acetamide (CH3CONH2): The Largest Interstellar Molecule with a Peptide Bond

By J. Hollis, F. Lovas, A. Remijan, P. Jewell, V. Ilyushin, I. Kleiner. 2006

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Complex organic molecules in the interstellar medium: IRAM 30 m line survey of Sagittarius B2(N) and (M) (2013, background): “…reported so far, such as acetic acid (CH3COOH, Mehringer et al. 1997), glycolaldehyde (CH2(OH)CHO, Hollis et al. 2000), acetamide (CH3CONH2, Hollis et al. 2006), aminoacetonitrile (NH2CH2CN, Belloche et al. 2008), or ethyl formate (C2H5OCHO, Belloche et al. 2009), were found for the first…”
Increased complexity in interstellar chemistry: detection and chemical modeling of ethyl formate and n-propyl cyanide in Sagittarius B2(N) (2009, background): “…molecular content: most complex organic molecules such as, e.g., acetic acid (CH3COOH, Mehringer et al. 1997), glycolaldehyde (CH2(OH)CHO, Hollis et al. 2000), acetamide (CH3CONH2, Hollis et al. 2006), and aminoacetonitrile (NH2CH2CN, Belloche et al. 2008a,b), were first discovered in Sgr B2(N).”
2018 Census of Interstellar, Circumstellar, Extragalactic, Protoplanetary Disk, and Exoplanetary Molecules (2018, methodology): “3.149. c-H2C3O (cyclopropenone) Hollis et al. (2006b) reported the detection of c-H2C3O in GBT 100-m observations of Sgr B2.”