Abstract: | We have developed a method for palladium‐catalyzed, pyrazole‐directed sp3 C−H bond arylation by aryl iodides. The reaction employs a Pd(OAc)2 catalyst at 5–10 mol % loading and silver(I) oxide as a halide‐removal agent, and it proceeds in acetic acid or acetic acid/hexafluoroisopropanol solvent. Ozonolysis of the pyrazole moiety affords pharmaceutically important β‐phenethylamines. |