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Abstract Basic mesoporous zeolite ETS-10 (ETS-10-M) with high surface area (366 m2·g−1) and large mesopores volume (0.21 cm3·g−1) is synthesized by templated with an organosilan surfactant. After loading of Ni species and calcination, the obtained Ni/ETS-10-M as a bi-functional catalyst shows high activity and good product selectivity in the fluorination of N-aryl amides with N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide (NFSI). The Ni2+ species in Ni/ETS-10-M facilitate the formation of fluorine radical from NFSI, and the basic sites in Ni/ETS-10-M favour N-aryl amide transformation into corresponding carbon-radical, and reacted with fluorine radical to form the desired product. Ni/ETS-10-M catalyst exhibits good catalytic activity even it reused seven times.