A one-pot reaction for the transformation of common secondaryamides into amines with C–C bond formation is described. This method consists of in situ amide activation with Tf2O–partial reduction–addition of C-nucleophiles. The method is general in scope, which allows employing both hard nucleophiles (RMgX, RLi) and soft nucleophiles, as well as enolates. With the use of soft nucleophiles, the reaction