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Abstract
An efficient aminocyanation by the direct addition of aryl cyanamides to arynes is
described, enabling incorporation of highly useful amino and cyano groups synchronously
via cleavage of inert N-CN bonds, affording synthetically useful 1,2-bifunctional
aminobenzonitriles. The postsynthetic functionalization of the aminocyanation products
allows diverse formation of synthetically important derivatives such as drug molecule
Ponstan and fused heterocycles.