Karolina Anna HaupaWei-Siong OngYuan-Pern Lee2025-01-092025-01-09202010.1039/c9cp06279chttps://dspace-cris.utar.edu.my/handle/123456789/11051The amide bond of acetamide is unaffected by hydrogen exposure, but the hydrogen abstraction on its methyl site activates this molecule to react with other species to extend its size as a first step to form interstellar complex organic molecules.Hydrogen abstraction in astrochemistry: formation of ˙CH<sub>2</sub>CONH<sub>2</sub> in the reaction of H atom with acetamide (CH<sub>3</sub>CONH<sub>2</sub>) and photolysis of ˙CH<sub>2</sub>CONH<sub>2</sub> to form ketene (CH<sub>2</sub>CO) in solid <i>para</i>-hydrogenjournal-article