From N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide to m-Toluamide

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-m-toluamide          
                     |
                     |  H2O
                     | /
  deet-dehydrogenase |/
            1.5.99.- |
                     |\
              ExPASy | \
                     |  2H++2e-+C2H4O
                     v
                m-Toluamide
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
N-substituted Amide -----> Amide + Aldehyde or Ketone (bt0243)
[N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1837.
It was generated on February 17, 2026 3:43:07 PM CST. 

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