Robert M. Williams, E. Kwast
1989
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
Abstract Treatment of non-enolizable N-benzyl or N-para-methoxybenzyl amides with butyllithium generates the corresponding benzylic carbanions that can be oxidized with either molecular oxygen or MoOPH; the resulting hemi-aminals suffer loss of the corresponding aldehyde generating the products of amide dealkylation.