A palladium-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reaction of pyridine N-oxides with toluenes has been developed that operates under mild conditions. 2-Benzylpyridines can be obtained directly by this method via a CDC reaction between unactivated toluenes and pyridine N-oxides. In addition, azafluorene N-oxides, of value for future medicinal chemistry applications, can be obtained successfully by this procedure via four tandem C-H bond activations.