From Diazepam to 7-Chloro-5-phenyl-3H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference

Ambrus G, Albrecht K, Horvath G. Acta Microbiol Acad Sci Hung (1975) 22(2): 145-52.

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11 citations on April 15, 2013.

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  7-Chloro-5-phenyl-3H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one   

EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:

N-substituted Amide -----> Amide + Aldehyde or Ketone (bt0243)

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1760.
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