Quinoline is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound with the chemical formula C9H7N. It is a heterocyclic analogue of naphthalene that can be obtained by fusing a benzene ring to a pyridine nucleus. Quinoline and its derivatives have various medicinal uses, including as antimalarials, amebicides, treatments for infections caused by bacteria such as pneumonia and gonorrhea, and as a chemotherapeutic agent for treating leukemia.

1. Pharmaceutical
organic chemistry
III

2. Heterocyclic compounds

3. • Quinoline

4. • Quinoline is a
heterocyclic aromatic
organic compound
• Chemical formula is
C9H7N
• Heterocyclic analogue of
naphthalene which can
be obtained by fusing a
benzene ring to pyridine
nucleus

5. .
Synthesis

6. Synthesis

9. • Reactions

14. MEDICINAL USES

15. Chloroquine
USES
 Antimalarials
 Amebicides

16. Ciprofloxacin
USES
 Used to treat or prevent
certain infections caused by
bacteria such as pneumonia;
gonorrhoea (a sexually
transmitted disease);
typhoid fever

17. Camptothecin
USES
 Used as a
chemotherapeutic
agent in the treatment
of leukemia