Visible-Light-Driven Reduction of CO$_2$ to CO and Its Subsequent Valorization in Carbonylation Chemistry and $^{13}$C Isotope Labeling

WOS:000441548500003; International audience; A convenient and safe approach in valorizing carbon monoxide (CO) produced from the photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) has been investigated. Visible light was used to drive an optimized photocatalytic reduction using a ruthenium trisbipyridine complex as a sensitizer and a rhenium bipyridyl carbonyl complex as a catalyst to perform an efficient reduction of CO2 to CO, which was then simultaneously utilized in a palladium-catalyzed aminocarbonylation reaction at room temperature. This approach provides safe handling of the produced CO which also opens the way for a more efficient application of C-13-isotope and C-14-radioisotope-labeled CO2 in pharmaceutically relevant drug labeling.