Cyanamides are an important class of molecules. This work describes a facile synthesis of disubstituted cyanamides. Here, readily accessible 1-cyano-1, 2-benziodoxol-3-(1H)-one (CBX) was applied as a stable electrophilic cyanation reagent. Diverse secondary amines were effectively cyanated. Moreover, secondary sulfonamides proved to be suitable substrates and were readily converted to N-alkyl(aryl)-N-aryl-sulfonyl-cyanamides, as the significant building blocks of the organic transformation. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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