Author(s)

Mohammed S. T. Makki, Dina A. Bakhotmah, Reda M. Abdel-Rahman

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Highly efficient syntheses of novel fluorine bearing quinoline-4-carboxylic acids and the related compounds had been achieved from cyclocondensation of 2-amino-5-fluorophenyl glyoxylic acid 1 with benzoyle asetanilides 2 in boiling DMF, to give the target 3. Decarboxylation of 3 produced 6-fluoro-2-phenyl-3-(substituted amino)-keto-quinolines 4, while that reaction underwent refluxing, afforded 7-fluoro-1-(aryl)-3-phenyl-pyrrolo[3,4-c] quinoline-2,9-diones 5. Structure of the products has been established from their elemental and spectral analysis. All targets exhibited a high to moderate activity against some Aspergillus fungi as amylolytic agents.

Amylolytic Activity; Amylolytic Agents; Aspergillus fungi; Efficient Synthesis; Fluoroquinoline;Quinoline-4-carboxylic Acids

S. T. Makki, M. , A. Bakhotmah, D. and M. Abdel-Rahman, R. (2012) Highly Efficient Synthesis of Novel Fluorine Bearing Quinoline-4-carboxylic Acid and the Related Compounds as Amylolytic Agents. International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2, 49-55. doi: 10.4236/ijoc.2012.21009.