A general and effective CuI/N′,N′-diaryl-1H-pyrrole-2-carbohydrazide catalyst system was developed for the amination of aryl iodides and bromides at room temperature with good chemoselectivity between −OH and −NH2 groups. Only 5 mol % of CuI and ligands was needed in this protocol to effect the amination of various aryl bromides and aryl iodides with a wide range of aliphatic and aryl amines (1.3 equiv).

The indirect electroreductive coupling of aryl halides and pyrroles was successfully conducted using a catalytic amount of perylene bisimide as a mediator in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)imide ([EMIM]NTf2)/DMSO.

A simple, environmentally friendly, tandem C-benzylation and intramolecular O-arylation for the sequential one-pot synthesis of functionalised 4H-chromenes is reported. The reactions between 2-halobenzylbromides and cyclic-1,3-diketones were catalysed by CuO/oxalohydrazide/hexane-2,5-dione in water to produce 2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-xanthen-1-ones in moderate to high yields.