[Jd1828]

I was thinking about reducing amides and I had a question that I cant figure out.  Is there a way to reduce a chloroamide like (Cl-CH2-CONH-R) to give an amine while leaving the Cl group alone?

[agrobert]

Check out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_hydride#Uses

Specifically the reduction of an acid in the presence of an alkyl halide. AlH₃ is not an exclusive reagent for this reaction but it should work.  I have not done or seen it before but LiAlH₄ is a strong reductive reagent used for amides but I don't know how selective it would be.  Try it on a small scale.