Organic photoredox catalyzed dealkylation/acylation of tertiary amines to access amides
Chen Liu,‡a Han-Nan Chen,‡a Teng-Fei Xiao,a Xiu-Qin Hu,*a Peng-Fei Xu 
ab and Guo-Qiang Xu *a
A mild metal-free C–N bond activation strategy for the direct conversion of inert tertiary amines with acyl chlorides into tertiary amides via organic photoredox catalysis is presented. In this protocol, a novel organic photocatalyst (Cz-NI-Ph) that showed excellent catalytic performance during C–N bond cleavage is developed. Moreover, this reaction features green and mild conditions, broad substrate scope, and readily available raw materials.