The progress in CÀ N bond construction is significant in synthetic and biological chemistry. Cross-dehydrogenative couplings of CÀ H and NÀ H motifs serve as a unique class of the most atom-economical and straightforward strategies for constructing CÀ N bonds. Herein, we enclosed the most updated methodologies developed in the assembly of CÀ N bonds via photo-catalyzed, transition-metal-catalyzed, electrochemical, and metal-free amination and amidation reactions of saturated and unsaturated CÀ H bonds. Compared with the well-established transition-metal-catalyzed protocols, electricity, or visible light-mediated amination and amidation reactions are competent and appealing. Plausible mechanistic pathways are also described in representative amidation and amination reactions to provide insights for the future development of environmentally kind processes.