The free-radical phenylation of isoquinolinium cation

Abstract

Free-radical phenylation of isoquinolinium cation has been effected by photolysis of phenylthalliurn(III)di(trifluoroacetate) in a trifluoroacetic acid solution of isoquinoline. Analysis (g.l.c. and h.p.l.c.) of the isomeric phenylisoquinoline mixture showed that the dominant product (81.1 %) was 1-phenylisoquinoline, in accordance with two published theoretical predictions.