Photoinduced CO-releasing molecule (photoCORM) as an in situ CO surrogate for palladium-catalysed aminocarbonylation.

Herein, we show that a photoCORM behaves as a highly substrate-tolerant, photoactivable in situ CO surrogate, allowing the synthesis of variously functionalised amides including the biologically active compound Moclobemide by Pd-catalysed aminocarbonylation between aryl iodides and amines under mild conditions. This work should bring about a useful input to the field of carbonylative transformations.