Axel Couture, Hélène Cornet, Eric Deniau, Pierre Grandclaudon and Stéphane Lebrun
A wide variety of 2-alkyl-3-alkyl, -3-aryl and -3-heteroaryl-1(2H)-isoquinolones have been obtained by fluoride ion-induced intramolecular alkenation of o-[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]-N -acylbenzamide derivatives.