1977 年 97 巻 12 号 p. 1334-1344
Reaction with aroyl chloride and potassium cyanide was carried out with isoquinoline 2-oxide (Ix) with a substituent in 1-position or substituents in 1- and 4-positions. Ten kinds of Ix were used, including 1-phenyl-(Ia), 1-benzyl-(Ib), 1-methyl-(Ic), 1-ethyl-(Id), and 1-butyl-isoquinoline 2-oxide (Ie), isoquinolinecarbonitrile 2-oxide (If), 1, 4-diphenyl-(Ig) and 1-ethyl-2-phenyl-isoquinoline 2-oxide (Ih), 4-phenyl-1-isoquinolinecarbonitrile 2-oxide (Ii), and 1, 1'-diphenyl-4, 4'-biisoquinoline 2, 2'-dioxide (Ij), and results were as follows : 1) From 1-substituted isoquinoline 2-oxides, isoquinoline derivatives (II) with introduction of the aroyloxyl group into 4-position, accompanied with liberation of oxygen from the N→O group, were obtained. In some cases, 1, 4-dihydro-1-isoquinolinecarbonitrile derivatives (III) with introduction of CN group into 1-position and aroyloxy group into 4-position, accompanied with deoxygenation of N-O group, were formed. III is considered to be an intermediate in the formation of II. 2) III was formed from 1, 4-disubstituted isoquinoline 2-oxides. 3) A difference from the same reaction of quinoline derivatives was found in the absence of a derivative with introduction of the aroyloxy group into α-carbon when there is an alkyl group in 1-position and no formation of a derivative with introduction of the aroyloxy group into benzene portion of the isoquinoline ring when there is a phenyl group in 1-position.