A one-pot two-step oxidative process using tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) mediated transformation of aldehydes and amines into amides catalyzed by Copper (I) - Iodide and N-heterocyclic carbenes is developed. The process utilized is additive-free, which does not require the amines to be transformed into their hydrochloride salts. The method reported herein is facile and practicable, has a broad substrate scope, and also utilizes the economic, feasible, and abundant reagents.