From N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide to N,N-diethyl-3-(hydroxymethyl)benzamide

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-monooxygenase |/
            1.14.-.- |
                     |\
              ExPASy | \
                     |  4e-+4H+
                     v
  N,N-diethyl-3-(hydroxymethyl)benzamide
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
aromatic Methyl -----> primary Alcohol (bt0036)
[N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1838.
It was generated on February 6, 2026 8:20:43 PM CST. 

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