The past few decades have witnessed extensive efforts to discloset he unique reactivity of metal-nitrenes, because they could be ap owerful synthetic tool for introducing the amine functionality into unactivated chemical bonds. The reactivity of metal-nitrenes, however,i sc urrently mainly confined to aziridination (an insertion into aC =C bond) and CÀHa mination (an insertion into aC ÀHb ond). Nitrene insertion into an amide CÀNb ond, however,h as not been reported so far.I nt his work we have developedarhodium-catalyzed one-nitrogen insertion into amide CÀNa nd sulfonamideS ÀNb onds. Experimental and theoretical analy-ses based on density functional theory indicate that the formal amide insertion proceeds via ar hodium-coordinated ammonium ylide formed between the nitrene and the amide nitrogen, followed by acyl group transfer concomitant with CÀNb ond cleavage. Mechanistic studies have allowed rationalization of the origin of the chemoselectivity observed between the CÀHa nd amide insertion reactions. The methodology presented herein is the first example of an insertion of nitrene into amide bonds and provides facile access to unique diazacyclic systems with an NÀNb ond linkage.Scheme1.Reactions leadingt oN + ÀN À ylide formation from metal-nitrenes.Supporting information and the ORCID identification number(s) for the author(s) of this article can be found under: https://doi.