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Direct cyanations of arenes and heteroarenes bearing only weakly coordinating amides were accomplished using a robust ruthenium(II) catalyst. The user-friendly C(sp(2))-H activation occurred with the assistance of carboxylate with high site-selectivity, excellent functional group tolerance and ample scope.
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