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Indirect electrochemical oxidation of amides and N-alkyllactams was performed using N-hydroxyphthalimide as a mediator. A carbonyl group was introduced in good yield at the α-carbon to the nitrogen of the compounds.
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Masui et al. (1986) studied this question.
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