The synthesis of novel 3-aryl-2-arylamidobenzofurans has been accomplished via a Curtius rearrangement strategy in four steps from benzofuran-2-carboxylic acids. The requisite Suzuki−Miyaura cross-coupling, with benzyl 3-bromobenzofuran-2-ylcarbamate or 2-arylamido-3-bromobenzofurans, revealed an unusual reductive debromination process due to the presence of the free NH group. This dehalogenation can