[a] Standard reaction conditions: benzanilide 1 (100.6 mg, 0.5 mmol), Ru(acac)3 (2 mol%), ligand (4 mol%), Yb(OTf)3.H2O (4 mol%), THF (2 mL) and H 2 (5 bar) at 150 °C during 15 h. [b] Conversion of 1 and yields of 2 , 3 , and 4 were calculated by GC using hexadecane as internal