Oxidation of alkyl- and alkenylisatins with m-chloroperbenzoic acid proceeds with high chemoselectivity leading to the formation of 1-substituted isatoic anhydrides (benzo[ d][1,3]oxazine-2,4-diones) without epoxidation of the double bond of the alkenyl substituent. This result is in accordance with the data of DFT quantum chemical calculations using the B3LYP functional in conjunction with the basis set of atomic orbitals 6-31G(d,p). The structure of the synthesized heterocyclic compounds was proved by NMR and X-ray diffraction data.