Visible‐Light‐Induced Direct Oxidative C−H Amidation of Heteroarenes with Sulfonamides

A direct oxidative C?H amidation of heteroarenes with sulfonamides via nitrogen‐centered radicals has been achieved. Nitrogen‐centered radicals are directly generated from oxidative cleavage of N?H bonds under visible‐light photoredox catalysis. Sulfonamides, which are easily accessed, are used as tunable nitrogen sources and bleach (aqueous NaClO solution) is used as the oxidant. A variety of heteroarenes, including indoles, pyrroles and benzofurans, can undergo this amidation with high yields (up to 92 %). These reactions are highly regioselective, and all the products are isolated as single regioisomer.