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
the [2+2+2] cycloaddition of α,ω-diynes with cyanamides. A wide range of cyanamides derived from secondary amines are good coupling partners for α,ω-diynes. The reaction of unsymmetrical α,ω-diynes possessing two different internal alkyne moieties with cyanamides is regioselective. A competitive experiment showed that cyanamide is more reactive than nitrile. This higher reactivity of cyanamide than