This answer explains why acetic acid does not give a positive iodoform test.
Does acetamide respond positively to the test?
Answer
From wikipedia article of haloform reaction:
Acetyl chloride and acetamide don't give this (iodoform or in general haloform) test.
Why?
Acetamide is not a ketone which is substantially more acidic than the amide. It's about a million times too weak an acid at the alpha protons. Hydroxide is too weak a base. (Quora)
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