Palladium-Catalyzed Double Carbonylation Using Near Stoichiometric Carbon Monoxide: Expedient Access to Substituted ¹³C₂-Labeled Phenethylamines

A novel and general approach for ¹³C₂- and ²H-labeled phenethylamine derivatives has been developed, based on a highly convergent single-step assembly of the carbon skeleton. The efficient incorporation of two carbon-13 isotopes into phenethylamines was accomplished using a palladium-catalyzed double carbonylation of aryl iodides with near stoichiometric carbon monoxide.