Pd(II)-Catalyzed Denitrogenative and Desulfinative Addition of Arylsulfonyl Hydrazides with Nitriles

A Pd(II)-catalyzed denitrogenative and desulfinative addition of arylsulfonyl hydrazides with nitriles has been successfully achieved under mild conditions. This transformation is a new method for the addition reaction to nitriles with arylsulfonyl hydrazides as arylating agent, thus providing an alternative synthesis of aryl ketones. The reported addition reaction is tolerant to many common functional groups, and works well in the presence of electron-donating and electron withdrawing substituents. Notably, the reported denitrogenative and desulfinative addition was also appropriate for alkyl nitriles, making this newly developed transformation attractive.