Abstract: A variety of benzamidomethyl derivatives were prepared in water under alkaline conditions (pH> 9) via reaction of (benzamidomethyl) triethylammonium chloride (1) with different inorganic nucleophiles. Reaction of 1 with hydroxylamine did not give the expected mono (benzamidomethyl)-hydroxylamine (3) but rather gave N, N-di (benzamidomethyl) hydroxylamine (2). Reactions of 1 with sodium azide and potassium cyanide gave ...