The development of Ni‐catalyzed C−N cross‐couplings of sulfonamides with (hetero)aryl chlorides is reported. These transformations, which were previously achievable only with Pd catalysis, are enabled by use of air‐stable (L)NiCl(o‐tol) pre‐catalysts (L=PhPAd‐DalPhos and PAd2‐DalPhos), without photocatalysis. The collective scope of (pseudo)halide electrophiles (X=Cl, Br, I, OTs, and OC(O)NEt2) demonstrated herein is unprecedented for any reported catalyst system for sulfonamide C−N cross‐coupling (Pd, Cu, Ni, or other). Preliminary competition experiments and relevant coordination chemistry studies are also presented.
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