Table 1.

Screening of the reaction conditions of aniline synthesis.

Entry	Deviations from standard conditions	Yield [%]
1	Noneb)	49a)
2	Na‐PHI	9
3	Without mpg‐CN	n.d.
4	Without Co(dmgH)2PyCl	n.d.
5	In the dark	n.d.
6	mpg‐CN; Purple LEDc)	16
7	mpg‐CN; UV LEDd)	27
8	mpg‐CN; Co(dmgH)2PyCl (0.0024 mmol)	48
9	mpg‐CN; Co(dmgH)2PyCl (0.0048 mmol)	50
10	mpg‐CN (30 mg)	44
11	mpg‐CN (10 mg)	46
12	mpg‐CN (5 mg)	32
13	mpg‐CN; air	28
14	mpg‐CN; without DABCO	10
15	mpg‐CN; without AcOH	30

^a)GC yield;

^b)Reaction conditions: ketone (0.1 mmol, 0.125 mL), morpholine (0.68 mmol, 0.59 mL), mpg‐CN 20 mg, Co(dmgH)₂PyCl (0.0012 mmol, 0.5 mg), DABCO (0.22 mmol, 25 mg), glacial AcOH (0.0874 mmol, 0.005 mL), dioxane (1 mL), blue LEDs (λ _max = 460 nm, 80 mW cm⁻²), 25 °C, 24 h, n.d. – not detected;

^c) λ _max = 400 nm, 60 mW cm⁻²;

^d) λ _max = 365 nm, 60 mW cm⁻².