Cyanamides are an important class of molecules. This work describes a facile synthesis of disubstitutedcyanamides. Here, readily accessible 1-cyano-1, 2-benziodoxol-3-(1H)-one (CBX) was applied as a stable electrophilic cyanation reagent. Diverse secondaryamines were effectively cyanated. Moreover, secondary sulfonamides proved to be suitable substrates and were readily converted to N-alkyl(aryl
Copper-promoted N-cyanation of aliphatic sec-amine by CuCN is achieved via oxidative coupling. This procedure employs O2 as a clean oxidant. Notably, sulfoximines and 1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidine also worked well in this procedure. Thus, it represents a key progress in the C–N bond formation reaction as well as in the cyanation reaction.