The C-C coupling of N-(3-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)amino-bicyclo[2.2.1] hept-8-ene-2-endo,6-endo-dicarboximide (3) which was prepared as a new starting material and N-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)aminobicyclo[2.2.1]hept-8- -ene-2-endo,6-endo-dicarboximide (6) with aryl- and heteroaryl iodides gave the aryl(hetaryl), N-arylaminotricyclic imides 4a-d and 7a-d under reductive Heck conditions.