title: Versatile ruthenium(II)-catalyzed C-H cyanations of benzamides.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut fuer Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universitaet, Tammannstrasse 2, 37077 Goettingen, Germany. Lutz.Ackermann@chemie.uni-goettingen.de.
authors.forename: Weiping
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ackermann