Reactions of 3-arylpropenenitriles [ArCHCHCN] with arenes [Ar’H] under the superelectrophilic activation conditions with Brønsted superacid TfOH (CF₃SO₃H) or strong Lewis acid AlBr₃ result, first, in the formation of products of hydroarylation of the carbon-carbon double bond, 3,3-diarylpropanenitriles [Ar(Ar’)CHCH₂CN]. Reactions may go further in TfOH leading to 3-arylindanones, as products of intramolecular aromatic acylation by the electrophilically activated nitrile group. Intermediate cationic species, derived at the protonation of the starting 3-arylpropenenitriles onto the carbon of CC bond and the nitrile nitrogen, have been studied by DFT calculation. A plausible reaction mechanism including the formation of highly reactive dications [(Ar)HC⁺–CH₂C⁺ = NH] has been proposed. The obtained 3,3-diarylpropanenitriles have been transformed into pharmaceutically valuable 5-(2,2-diarylethyl)-1H-tetrazoles [Ar(Ar’)CHCH₂Tetr] and 3-diarylpropylamines [Ar(Ar’)CH(CH₂)₂NH₂] by the reactions with NaN₃ and LiAlH₄ correspondingly.

3-芳基丙烯腈[ArCH CHCN]与芳烃[Ar'H]在超亲电活化条件下与Brønsted超强酸TfOH（CF ₃ SO ₃ H）或强路易斯酸AlBr _3的反应首先导致形成碳-碳双键3,3-二芳基丙腈[Ar（Ar'）CHCH ₂ CN]。反应可能在TfOH中进一步进行，导致3-芳基茚满酮，这是通过亲电子活化的腈基进行分子内芳族酰化的产物。在起始3-芳基丙烯腈质子化到C的碳上衍生的中间阳离子物种通过DFT计算已经研究了C键和腈氮。提出了一种可能的反应机理，包括形成高反应性的指征[（Ar）HC ⁺ -CH ₂ C ⁺  = NH]。获得的3,3-二芳基丙腈已转化为可药用的5-（2,2-二芳基乙基）-1 H-四唑[Ar（Ar'）CHCH ₂ Tetr]和3-二芳基丙胺[Ar（Ar'）CH（CH ₂）₂ NH ₂ ]分别与NaN ₃和LiAlH ₄反应。