Short and efficient route for the synthesis of oxazinone- and thiazinone-containing bicyclic heteroaromatic aldehydes, which involves the key step of palladium-catalyzed reductive carbonylation, is described. Overall routes for the synthesis of these aldehydes are short, versatile, and scalable with good yields of the product. ... [Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Synthetic Communications® for the following free ...