Sulfuric chloride is used as the source of the –SO2– group in a palladium-catalyzed three-component synthesis of sulfonamides. Suzuki–Miyaura coupling between the in situ generated sulfamoyl chlorides and boronic acids gives rise to diverse sulfonamides in moderate to high yields with excellent reaction selectivity. Although this transformation is not workable for primary amines or anilines, the results show high functional group tolerance. With the solving of the desulfonylation problem and utilization of cheap and easily accessible sulfuric chloride as the source of sulfur dioxide, redox-neutral three-component synthesis of sulfonamides is first achieved.
