We report one-pot procedure for an unexpected synthesis of previously unknown 4-amino-5-methylsulfonyl-2,3-dihydroisothiazole 1,1-dioxides (also called beta-amino-alpha-mesyl-gamma-sultams). Thus, the reaction of mesyl chloride with hindered alpha-aminonitriles is accompanied by the formation of interim N-(1-cyanoalkyl)(methylsulfonyl)methanesulfonamides which, in turn, undergo the carbanion-mediated sulfonate (sulfonamido) intramolecular cyclization reaction yielding beta-amino-alpha-mesyl-gamma-sultams. The structure of the title compounds was confirmed by X-ray diffraction study. The proposed mechanistic insights of the reaction are in accordance with the results of additional experiments and literature data.