The electrochemical reduction of N-fluoro-N-methylurethan ( l a ) and N-fluorourethan (2tr) in acctonitrile gcnerates the amidc anion and a fluoride ion. Both the fluoride and thc amide anion can rcact with the starting N-fluoroamidc cither as bascs or as nucleophilcs. Many products are formcd and the coulonictric results are low (0.5 to 0.7 F/rnol). In thc case of NFU (2g), abstraction of the proton on nitrogen both by the urethan anion and the fluoridc anion generatcs thc conjugate base EtOCONF (7) which immediatcly undergoes a-elimination of the fluoride ion to givc carbethoxynitrene (11). This nitrcne was gencpted also by treating NFU (20) with a base such as tricthylamjne or lithium hydride. The a-elimination of F From EtOCONF is much casier than the a-elimination of Cl-from EtOCONCI.JEAN LESSARD et DENIS BERUBE. Can. J. Chcm. 62. 768 (1984).La rkduction Clcctrochimique du N-fluoro-N-mkthylurithane (In) ct du N-fluorourkthanc (20) conduit $