Synthesis of novel fluorescent 12a-aryl substituted indoxylisoquinolines via aryne-induced domino process

Abstract

A novel effective protocol towards indolo[2,1-<italic>a</italic>]isoquinolinones <italic>via</italic> aryne-induced migration of aryl-anion in aryloxy substituted 3,4-dihydroisoquinolines is reported.