Recently we have developed the first intermolecular hydroarylation of highly strained methylenecyclopropanes (MCPs) with conservation of cyclopropane rings via CH bond functionalizations [¹5] through the use of a highly chemoselective ruthenium catalyst. [¹6] However, selected MCPs such as (dicyclopropylmethylene)cyclopropane (1) did not undergo this transformation. Contrarily, attempted hydroarylations employing [RuCl 2 (cod)] n as precatalyst modified with a representative ...