Amides can be prepared by several well-established procedures including acylation of amines, hydrolyses of nitriles, and rearrangement reactions such as Schmidt and Beckmann procedures. [ 2 2. (a) Beckwith , ALJ The Chemistry of Amides ; Zabicky , J. (Ed.); Interscience : London , 1970 ; (b) Vogel , A. Practical Organic Chemistry ; Wiley : New York , 1989 ; (c) Katritzky , AR ; He , H.-Y. ; Suzuki , K. N-Acylbenzotriazoles: Neutral acylating reagents for the ...