Abstract
While the Schmidt reaction on indanones or tetralones containing no substituents on the benzene moiety of the respective molecules are reported to yield carbostyrils or homocarbostyrils as the sole isolable product, it has been shown that when these compounds contain an electron releasing substituent (e.g. methoxyl group) in the benzene ring, the Schmidt reaction gives both isocarbostyrils and carbostyrils or homoisocarbosyrils and homocarbostyrils in a variable ratio depending upon the structure of the starting materials.
