Dialkyl 2-(o-acylbenzoyl)-1, 2-dihydro-1-isoquinolyl-phosphonates (1) were prepared by reactions of isoquinoline, o-acylbenzoyl chloride, and trialkyl phosphites. Treatment of 1 with lithium diisopropylamide gave 13-substituted 8H-dibenzo [a, g] quinolizin-8-ones by intramolecular Wittig-Horner reaction. Especially, 13-alkoxy and dimethylamino derivatives were obtained in good yields. A similar reaction of dimethyl 1-[o-(methoxycarbonyl) ...