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Amino Acid Generation via Acetaminophen

Theophrastus
in Applied Chemistry

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I was wondering, but out of interest, is there any means, (reaction, process, etc.) by which one could break the linkage amine- phenyl group linkage, within the molecule of acetaminophen? I was thinking of it as a different route to produce an amino acid, as it wouldn't be difficult, consecutively, with a strong oxidiser, to convert the methyl group, to a carboxylic acid group.

 

[ce] OH-C6H6-NH-CO-CH3 [/ce] (Acetaminophen)

 

[ce] 2NH2-CO-CH3 + 3O2 -> 2NH2-CO-COOH + H2O [/ce]

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