Replacement of a carbon-bound halogen by hydrogen. The mechanism and selectivity depend on the reducing agent, substrate and medium; ordinary aryl nucleophilic substitution need not be involved.
Replacement of a carbon-bound bromine by hydrogen. In suitable bromophenols, acid-promoted ipso protonation and reductive trapping of departing bromine provide a plausible polar mechanism.

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