Independently of the reaction conditions N-allylisatin forms only the 2,3-dibromo derivative upon treatment with molecular bromine in contrast to N-allyl-substituted quinolin-or pyrid-2-ones which readily undergo halocyclization to the corresponding 2-bromomethyl oxazoles.Decolorization of bromine is one of the widest known analytical reactions for alkenes but does not always prove to be due to the conventional addition of halogen to an unsaturated bond. With the existence of certain structural features such reactions can be accompanied by the formation of novel 5-, 6-and even 7-membered rings thanks to which they are often referred to as bromo-or halocyclizations [2][3][4][5][6][7].This type of chemical reaction occurs in the bromination of N-allyl-substituted 4-hydroxy-2-quinolones which is, in principle, a simple method for preparing 4R-2-bromomethyl-1,2-dihydrooxazolo[3,2-a]quinolines [8][9][10]. For evaluating the synthetic potential of this interesting reaction and to work out a fuller and more proven idea of the actual mechanism occurring in these chemical processes there is much value in the accumulation and subsequent analysis of experimental material including the maximum use of a broad range of model compounds.This report is a part of such an investigation, the aim of which was a study of the behavior of N-allylisatin 1 (with a structural similarity to 4-hydroxy-2-quinolones) under conditions of bromination using molecular bromine. According to a known outline [11], the alkylation of isatin 2 principally needs its conversion to a sodium salt and used sodium ethylate in absolute ethanol or, indeed, NaH in anhydrous DMF. Preference is usually given to the latter variant since, in this case, the initial separation of the salt is not essential. However, from our data, the use of this method is far from always justified. At least with allyl bromide this reaction is much more conveniently carried out using the system DMSO/K 2 CO 3 . The N-alkylation occurs very rapidly at room temperature and in virtually quantitative yield.