Nickel‐Catalyzed Amination of Aryl Nitriles for Accessing Diarylamines through C−CN Bond Activation

Abstract A nickel‐catalyzed amination to access diarylamines has been developed through C−CN bond activation of aryl nitriles with anilines. In this developed catalytic protocol, various aromatic and heteroaromatic nitriles could be utilized as the electrophiles to couple with substituted anilines. A diversity of diarylamines were obtained in 15–95% yields. magnified image