Distal Weak Coordination of Acetamides in Ruthenium(II)‐Catalyzed C−H Activation Processes

Abstract C−H activations with challenging arylacetamides were accomplished by versatile ruthenium(II) biscarboxylate catalysis. The distal C−H functionalization offers ample scope—including twofold oxidative C−H functionalizations and alkyne hydroarylations—through facile base‐assisted internal electrophilic‐type substitution (BIES) C−H ruthenation by weak O ‐coordination.