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A novel approach for N-arylation utilizing aryl carboxylic acids as stable, inexpensive and widely available arylating reagents was developed. Employing a simple copper(II)–phenanthroline catalyst system, several benzoic acids bearing suitable ortho-substitutions undergo decarboxylative C–N cross-coupling effectively with various N-nucleophiles.