The one-pot, regioselective, remote functionalization of amides of octanoic acid [R2NCOC7H15, NR2 = NH2, NEt2, NC4H8O, (morpholinyl)] via Csp(3)-H bond cleavage with CO and various nucleophiles (EtOH, (PrOH)-Pr-i, CF3CH2OH, H(CF2)(2)CH2OH, C8F17SH, Et2NH, morpholine, furan, thiophene, and anisole) in the presence of the superelectrophilic complex, CBr4 center dot 2AlBr(3) has been performed for the first time. This methodology provides access to new synthetically challenging and promising derivatives of amides with remote functional groups of neo-structure. The oxidative cyclization of octanamide into a six-membered cyclic amide with the C(Me)Et group adjacent to the heteroatom using CBr4 center dot 2AlBr(3) has been demonstrated. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.