Keywords: 6,11-dihydro-13H-isoquino[3,2-b]quinazolin-13-one, 11H-isoquino[3,2-b]-quinazoline-6,13-dione, oxidation, rearrangement.The structure of the heterocyclic system of isoquino[3,2-b]quinazoline combines two heterocycles of practical importance: isoquinoline and quinazoline, derivatives of which are widely distributed in nature; and among the derivatives of both synthetic and natural origin, a large number are used as drugs. However, because of their relative inaccessibility, the properties of the derivatives of isoquino[3,2-b]quinazoline has been practically unstudied so far. Only a few reactions of its 11-oxo derivative are known [2]. The biological activity has been studied only in the case of 6,11-dihydro-13H-isoquino[3,2-b]quinazolin-13-one (1), for which a rather high level of antifungal and antimicrobial activity has been observed [3]. Earlier [4,5], a relatively simple method was developed to obtain quinazolinone 1 and its 6-alkyl derivatives, including rearrangement of the corresponding isomeric derivatives with an angular structure: 7,12-dihydro-5H-isoquino[2,3-a]quinazolin-5-ones (2). In this paper, we consider some features of this process and also the reaction of oxidation of compound 1.Isomerization of compound 2 to form quinazolinone 1 occurs at temperatures above 140°C. With the aim of optimizing the process conditions, we tested different high-boiling solvents: N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone [4],