(1) Supported by the Army Reaearch Office (Durham) and by Public Health Service Reaearch Grant No. CA 04465-09 from the National Cancer Inatitute. benzenesulfonamides (1) undergo ortho metalation, as well as N-metalation, with excess n-butyllithium to form dilithiosulfonamides 2, as evidenced by condensations with carbonyl compounds to give ortho derivatives (Scheme I, Table I). ortho Metalation was also observed with N-phenyl-p- ...