A bromine-catalysed free-radical oxidation of acetamides from primary and secondary alkylamines by H2O2

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Abstract
New procedures based on the oxidation by bromine-catalysed hydrogen peroxide in a two-phase system provide simple and cheap transformations of alkylamines to carbonyl derivatives (aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acid, imides, lactams) through the corresponding acetamides.
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