Next, various electrochemical parameters were explored (Table , entries 8-10) and the only meaningful improvement occurred when 1 equiv. of AgNO3 was added (Table , entry 8). Of the many additives that were screened, simple pyridine proved to be the more effective (1.0 equiv., Table 1, entry 11). Interestingly, the use of pyridine as an additive has a profound impact on the cross-coupling and conversion (~5% without pyridine) of non-pyridyl aryl bromides (vide infra) suggesting that compound 5 may have served a dual role being the electrophilic coupling partner and an additive. Numerous pyridine derivatives were subsequently screened as additives (for example Table , entries 12 and 13), but none were superior to pyridine. In the final optimized conditions, the amount of (S)-BINAP could be reduced to 5 mol% along with 25 mol% Ni (Table , entry 14 and 15). Basic control studies confirmed the essential nature of the Ni, Ag, (S)-BINAP, and pyridine additives as well as electricity (Table , entries 16-20). As with our previous disclosure, the final conditions are practically trivial to setup (dump and stir) with no precautions taken to remove air or moisture. Setup time for these reactions is rate-limited by how quickly the practitioner can weigh out starting materials and most of the reactions are complete within four hours.