The rotational spectrum of H2NCO, the ground-state isomer of protonated HNCO, has been measured in a molecular beam in the centimeter band with a Fourier transform microwave spectrometer and in a low-pressure laboratory discharge in absorption in the millimeter band. Spectroscopic constants, including the nitrogen-14 hyperfine coupling constant, derived from 30 a-type transitions between 20 and 367 GHz with J , the ground-state isomer of protonated HNCO, has been measured in a molecular beam in the centimeter band with a Fourier transform microwave spectrometer and in a low-pressure laboratory discharge in absorption in the millimeter band. Spectroscopic constants, including the nitrogen-14 hyperfine coupling constant, derived from 30 a-type transitions between 20 and 367 GHz with J a–1 or better in equivalent radial velocity well into the far IR. Two low-lying rotational transitions of H2NCO in the centimeter band (00, 0-10, 1 and 11, 0-21, 1) were tentatively identified in absorption in the PRIMOS spectral line survey of Sgr B2(N) with the Green Bank Telescope. The lines of H2NCO arise in a region of the Sgr B2(N) halo whose density is low (n arise in a region of the Sgr B2(N) halo whose density is low (n 4 cm–3). The derived column density of (6-14) × 1011 cm–2 implies that the fractional abundance is ~10–12. Owing to the ubiquity of HNCO in galactic molecular clouds, H2NCO is a good candidate for detection in sources spanning a wide range of physical conditions.
