Two methods are presented for the synthesis of acrylamides labelled with 11C (β+, t1/2 = 20.4 min) and 13C in the carbonyl position. In the first method, [1‐11C]acrylic acid is synthesised from [11C]carbon monoxide by palladium‐mediated hydroxycarbonylation of acetylene. The labelled carboxylic acid is converted into the acyl chloride and subsequently treated with amine to yield N‐benzyl[carbonyl‐11C]acrylamide. The second method utilizes [11C]carbon monoxide in a palladium‐mediated carbonylative cross‐coupling of vinyl halides and amines. A higher radiochemical yield is achieved with the latter method and the amount of amine needed is decreased to 1/20. The 11C‐labelled acrylamides were isolated in up to 81 % decay‐corrected radiochemical yield. Starting from 10 ± 0.5 GBq of [11C]carbon monoxide, N‐benzyl[carbonyl‐11C]acrylamide was obtained in 4 min with a specific radioactivity of 330 ± 4 GBq μmol–1. Co‐labelling with 11C and 13C enabled confirmation of the labelled position by 13C NMR spectroscopy. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007)