“…To address these issues, more practical and efficient methods have been developed. For example, the employment of activators for the conversion of carboxylic acids into amides, metal-catalyzed hydration of nitriles, the rearrangement of aldoximes, Pd-catalyzed aminocarbonylation of aryl halides, C–C bond cleavage of ethylarenes, decarboxylative ammoxidation of phenylacetic acid, oxidation of primary benzyl amines, and oxidative amidation of aldehydes, benzyl alcohols, methyl ketone, or methylarenes . However, there are no reports that secondary or tertiary amides have been employed as a starting material toward the synthesis of primary amides with the exception of those using a deprotection process.…”