  A new interstellar molecule, CH$_3$NCO (methyl isocyanate), has been detected
using the 12 m telescope of the Arizona Radio Observatory (ARO). CH$_3$NCO was
identified in spectra covering 48 GHz (68-116 GHz) in the 3 mm segment of a
broadband survey of Sgr B2(N). Thirty very favorable rotational lines (K$_a$ =
0 and K$_a$ = 1 only; E$_u$ < 60 K) originating in five consecutive transitions
(J = 8 $\rightarrow$ 7, 9 $\rightarrow$ 8, 10 $\rightarrow$ 9, 11 $\rightarrow$
10, and 12 $\rightarrow$ 11) in both the A and E internal rotation species are
present in this frequency range. Emission was observed at all of the predicted
frequencies, with seventeen lines appearing as distinct, uncontaminated
spectral features, clearly showing the classic a-type, asymmetric top pattern,
with T$_R$* ~ 20-70 mK. The CH$_3$NCO spectra also appear to exhibit two
velocities components near V$_{LSR}$ ~ 62 and 73 km s$^{-1}$, both with
$\Delta$V$_{1/2}$ ~ 10 km s$^{-1}$ - typical of molecules such as CH$_2$CHCN,
HNCO, and HCOOCH$_3$ in Sgr B2(N). The column density of CH$_3$NCO in Sgr B2(N)
was determined to be N$_{tot}$ ~ 2.3 x 10$^{13}$ cm$^{-2}$ and 1.5 x 10$^{13}$
cm$^{-2}$ for the 62 and 73 km s$^{-1}$ components, corresponding to fractional
abundances, relative to H$_2$, of f ~ 7.6 x 10$^{-12}$ and 5.0 x 10$^{-12}$,
respectively. CH$_3$NCO was recently detected in volatized material from comet
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by Rosetta's Philae lander, with an abundance ~1.3%
of water; in Sgr B2(N), CH$_3$NCO is roughly ~0.04% of the H$_2$O abundance.
