From N,N-diethyl-3-(hydroxymethyl)benzamide to N,N-diethyl-3-formylbenzamide

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Helbling DE, Hollender J, Kohler HP, Singer H, Fenner K. Environ Sci Technol (2010) 44(17): 6621-7. 

                                     N,N-diethyl-3-(hydroxymethyl)benzamide                                      
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                N,N-diethyl-3-(hydroxy-methyl)benzamide |
                                          dehydrogenase |
                                                1.1.-.- |
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                                                 ExPASy | \
                                                        |  2H++2e-
                                                        v
                                          N,N-diethyl-3-formylbenzamide
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
primary Alcohol -----> Aldehyde (bt0001)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1839.
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