A direct C–H arylation of aminoheterocycles with arylhydrazine hydrochlorides was developed. The reaction proceeds via a homolytic aromatic substitution mechanism involving aryl radicals as the intermediates. The new reaction takes place readily at room temperature in air and in the presence of an inexpensive base. Moreover, the reactivity of this radical arylation correlated with the HOMO energy of
Asymmetric hydrogenation of 2-aryl-3-phthalimidopyridinium salts catalyzed by the Ir/SegPhos catalytic system was described, leading to the corresponding chiral piperidinederivatives bearing two contiguous chiral centers, with high levels of enantioselectivities and diastereoselectivities. A gram-scale experiment has demonstrated the utility of this approach. The phthaloyl group could be easily removed