A variety of amides are efficiently accessible under mild conditions by intermolecular amino-arylation using a photo Meerwein addition with visible light. The reaction has a broad substrate scope, tolerates a large range of functional groups, and was applied to the synthesis of a 3-aryl-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline.The Meerwein arylation is a valuable synthetic transformation based on aryl radical chemistry. [1] The classic Meerwein arylation has two alternative reaction pathways: a) Meerwein arylation-elimination, in which aryl-alkene cross-coupling products are formed exclusively, and b) Meerwein arylationaddition, in which the aryl radical and a halogen atom add to an olefinic substrate. [1b] The addition of atoms other than halogen has also been reported. [1b] However, photo Meerwein arylations have been applied so far only for the formation of aryl-alkene coupling products and have not been extended to the valuable alkene addition products [2] obtainable under classical Meerwein arylation conditions. [3] The challenge in obtaining the addition product is the competing reaction of the trapping reagent or nucleophile with the diazonium salt leading to undesired products (Scheme 1). [1b] The Ritter-type amination reaction is a most useful transformation for the formation of CÀN bonds and has been used in industrial processes for the synthesis of the anti-HIV drug Crixivan, the alkaloid aristotelone, and amantadine. [2d, 4] We utilize the Ritter reaction conditions to trap the carbenium ion, which is generated during the photoredox Meerwein arylation, thus allowing the intermolecular aminoarylation of alkenes mediated by visible light.Our initial studies began with the attempted reaction of diazonium salt 1 a (0.25 mmol) with 5 equiv of styrene 2 a using 2 mol % of [Ru(bpy) 3 ]Cl 2 in 1.0 mL of CH 3 CN containing 10 equiv of water under visible-light irradiation for 4 h at 20 8C; the desired product 3 a was obtained in 42 % yield (Table 1, entry 1) along with 1,2-diphenylethanol as a byproduct. We examined the influence of the amount of water, the catalyst loading, and the number of equivalents of styrene on this multicomponent photoreaction. To our delight, the desired product 3 a was obtained in 88 % yield (Table 1, entry 6) when diazonium salt 1 a (0.25 mmol), 0.5 mol % of [Ru(bpy) 3 ]Cl 2 , 2 equiv of styrene 2 a, and 1 equiv of water were used in 1.0 mL of CH 3 CN. The reaction yields of 3 a are significantly affected by the amount of water: a larger amount