Iron‐Catalyzed N‐Arylations of Amides

Iron can do it too! A novel, experimentally simple procedure for the N-arylation of primary amides with aryl iodides involving an in situ formed iron-based catalyst is reported. The success of the reaction relies on the use of cheap and environmentally friendly FeCl3 in combination with an inexpensive diamine ligand as catalyst system (see scheme).