after doing some research i found this paper.
it's a zinc/ammonium chloride system and it's solvolyzed by thf.
this reduction is high yeilding, works best on highly activated aromatic (the indole nucleus of bromocryptine and loperamide serve as good examples)
uses easy to obtain materials, reacts under very mild conditions (room temperature), is done is 15 minutes, and is highly chemoselective.

for your reading pleasure

i'm still outta service but the find was so appealing a personal friend of mine is eager to try it and i'll get the notes.

Wow, Dichlorobenzene to good ol' benzene anyone?

The large excess of Zn appears prohibitive but much can be recycled just making extra bulk to deal with.

What is the reasoning for the THF usage? Does it act only as a solvent or can substitution be made? It would be hard to find another water miscible ether solvent though but the slight solubility of Et₂O in H₂O might facilicate the reaction abit.

would this work on 4-flouro-amphetamine?

i did some research because the achille's heel is the qauternary double bond of the ergoline nucleus.
this indicates that it respects double bonds and many other functional groups.

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nitroethanol ha

will this work for non aryl halides