metal-free one-pot two-step synthesis of sulfonamides from readily available nitroarenes and sodium arylsulfinates in a mixture of methanol and water has been developed. In this procedure, the aryl amines were produced in situ by the reduction of nitroarenes mediated by diboronic acid, and then coupled with sodium arylsulfinates in the presence of iodine. A series of N-arylsulfonamides with various functional