A series of novel quinoline-6-carboxamides and 2-chloroquinoline-4-carboxamides were synthesized by the reaction of their analogous carboxylic acids with various amine derivatives in the presence of base TEA and protecting agent BOP at room temperature. Synthesized compounds were confirmed by spectral characterization viz IR, ¹ H-NMR, and MS. Antibacterial activity carried out against Escherichia coli and Staphyllococcus aureus indicated that the synthesized compounds were active against these microorganisms. A quinoline ring containing compounds exhibit potent biological activities and has been proved by number of recent reports. Quinoline derivatives were synthesized and explored for their analgesic activity, 1 as antiallergetic agents, 2 in treating alzheimer’s disease (AD), 3 as anticancer, 4 5 antitinephritic, 6 antitumor 7 and anti-inflammatory activities. A series of 2-styrylquinolines and quinoline-2- carboxamides were identified as potent inhibitors of the Pim-1 kinase which is involved in the control of cell growth, differentiation, proliferation and apoptosis. 4 The Cu(II)- quinoline carboxamide complexes were found to exhibit cytotoxicity against murine leukemia P-388 and human leukemia HL-60 cell lines, which is more potent than cisplatin. 5 Linomide-related quinoline-3-carboxamides and their analogues were found to be exhibit effective antinephritic activities. 6 In vivo and in vitro studies of 7-Oxo- 7H-naphtho[1,2,3-de]quinoline-11-carboxamides and analogues proved that these compounds have greater antitumor activity. 7 A series of quinoline carboxamide derivatives have also been evaluated for positive inotropic activity, 8 as potential radio ligands in the neurodegeneration systems 9 and antiviral against acyclovir resistant herpes simplex virus. 10 We inspired by the above potent pharmacological properties of these quinoline ring containing compounds and have been synthesized some novel quinoline carboxamides derivatives and explored their biological activity. Here in we report a synthesis and characterization of series of 2-chloro quinoline-4-carboxamides and quinoline- 6-carboxamides. Both these analogous of compounds were synthesized by the reaction of respective carboxylic acid with various amine derivatives in the presence of base TEA and protecting agent BOP at room temperature. Even though there are reports for the synthesis of quinoline carboxamides, the novelty of this paper is employing of new variety of amine derivatives and one such compound is the pyrimidine cyclopropyl amine hydrochloride which has been synthesized from cyclopropanone as described in 1 . We found that DMF has good solvent and could be employed at room temperature to afford good yield of the quinoline carboxamides. A report of various amine derivatives employed, product quinoline carboxamide structure and reaction yield has been given in 1 . All the synthesized final compounds were purified by recrystalization and confirmed by spectral characterization using IR, ¹ H-NMR, and LCMS. Keto quinoline carboxylic acid, 1 was converted to chloro quinoline carboxylic acid, 2 by the reaction of 1 with POCl ₃ in DMF solvent. The reaction mixture stirred at 100 °C for 12 hours could afford product 2 in 90% yield. Coupling of the carboxylic acid 2 with amine derivative using coupling reagent BOP in the presence of base triethyl amine and in the solvent DMF at room temperature gave the product 2 a−f ( 2 ). The carboxylic acid 3 was converted in to carboxamide derivatives 3 a−d by using similar reaction conditions which could employed for 2 ( 3 ). The synthesized carboxamides were tested for antibacterial activity against two bacteria viz., Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus . The preliminary study was carried out using spread plate method. 11 12 Compounds tabulated in 2 were shown activity against the tested microorganisms. Compounds which have shown antibacterial activity were subjected for Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) studies and results were given in 3 . In the present work we synthesized series of 2-chloroquinoline- 4-carboxamides ( 2a−f ) and quinoline-6-carboxamides ( 3a−d ) and evaluated in vitro antibacterial activities against Escherichia coli and Staphyllococcus aureus . Results indicated that all the synthesized compounds (except 2d and 3d ) show activity against tested microorganisms in milligram level. The uncorrected melting points of compounds were taken in an open capillary using an electrical heating melting point apparatus. IR spectra were recorded on Perkin- Elmer FT spectrophotometer in KBr disc. ¹ H-NMR spectra were recorded using 400 MHz Bruker NMR spectrometer in DMSO- d ₆ solvent and chemical shift values are expressed in ppm relative to TMS as an internal standard. LCMS spectra were recorded on LCMS-8030, Shimadzu. To a mixture of 2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-4-carboxylic acid, 1 (1 mmol), in DMF was added to the mixture of DMF (2 mmol) and POCl ₃ (2 mmol) at 0 °C. The reaction mixture was stirred at 100 °C for 4 h. Completion of the reaction was monitored by LC/MS. The reaction mass was diluted with ice cold water, a pale yellow solid precipitates out was filtered and dried at suction pump. To a mixture of 2-chloroquinoline-4-carboxylic acid 2, (1 mmol) in DMF was added amine (1.5 mmol), BOP reagent (1.5 mmol), TEA (5mmol) and the reaction mass was stirred at RT for 12 h. Completion of the reaction was monitored by LC/MS. The reaction mass was diluted with ice cold water, white solid precipitates out was filtered and suction dried. To a mixture of quinoline-6-carboxylic acid, 3 (1 mmol) in DMF was added amine (1.5 mmol), BOP reagent (1.5 mmol), TEA (5mmol) and the reaction mass was stirred at RT for 12 h. Completion of the reaction was monitored by LC/MS. The reaction mass was diluted with ice cold water, white solid precipitates out was filtered and suction dried. 2-Chloro-N-(6-methoxy-1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)quinoline- 4-carboxamide, 2a Pale Yellow Solid, mp 310−312 ℃ ¹ H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO- d ₆ ): δ 3.83 (d, J = 2.40 Hz, 3H), 6.83 (s, 1H), 7.63−7.64 (m, 1H), 7.69−7.71 (m, 2H), 7.76 (t, J = 7.20 Hz, 1H), 7.93 (d, J = 9.60 Hz, 2H), 8.00 (s, 1H), 8.07 (d, J = 8.00 Hz, 1H), 12.05 (s, 1H); Mol. Wt 369.8; LCMS -370. 2-Chloro-N-(4-phenyltetrahydrofuran-3-yl)quinoline- 4-carboxamide, 2b Pale Yellow Solid, mp 223−225 °C; ¹ H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO- d ₆ ): δ 3.46 (t, J = 3.20 Hz, 2H), 3.65 (t, J = 3.20 Hz, 2H), 7.35−7.42 (m, 3H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.71−7.78 (m, 2H), 7.80 (t, J = 1.20 Hz, 1H), 8.03 (d, J = 8.00 Hz, 1H), 8.54 (d, J = 7.60 Hz, 1H), 8.79 (d, J = 4.80 Hz, 1H), 9.56 (s, 1H). Mol. Wt. 352.82; LCMS-353. 2-Chloro-N-(4-methylphenyl)quinoline-4-carboxamide, 2c White Solid, mp 157−160 °C; ¹ H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO- d ₆ ): δ 2.30 (s, 3H), 7.20 (d, J = 8.40 Hz, 2H), 7.65 (d, J = 8.40 Hz, 2H), 7.71 (q, J = 8.80 Hz, 2H), 7.90 (t, J = 7.20 Hz, 1H), 8.05 (d, J = 8.00 Hz, 1H), 8.13 (d, J = 8.00 Hz, 1H), 10.73 (s, 1H); Mol wt. 296.75; LCMS-297. 2-Chloro-N-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)quinoline-4-carboxamide, 2d Pale Yellow Solid, mp 165−167 °C; ¹ H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO- d ₆ ): δ 3.76 (d, J = 2.80 Hz, 6H), 6.97 (d, J = 8.80 Hz, 1H), 7.30 (dd, J = 2.40, 8.80 Hz, 1H), 7.46 (d, J = 2.40 Hz, 1H), 7.73 (t, J = 7.20 Hz, 2H), 7.87−7.93 (m, 1H), 8.04 (d, J = 8.00 Hz, 1H), 8.16 (d, J = 8.00 Hz, 1H), 10.67 (s, 1H) mol wt. 342.77; LCMS-343. 2-Chloro-N-(6-cyanonaphthalen-2-yl)quinoline-4-carboxamide, 2e Pale Yellow Solid, mp 145−146 ℃ ;IR (KBr), ν , cm ⁻¹ : 3300 (NH), 3400 (OH), 2209 (CN), 1640 (CO); ¹ H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO- d ₆ ): δ 6.67 (d, J = 8.00 Hz, 1H), 6.92 (d, J = 4.00 Hz, 2H), 7.48 (s, 1H), 7.63−7.67 (m, 1H), 7.73 (d, J = 8.00 Hz, 1H), 7.89 (d, J = 7.60 Hz, 1H), 8.23 (d, J = 8.40 Hz, 1H), 12.05 (s, 1H); mol wt. 357.79; LCMS-358. 2-Chloro-N-[1-(pyrimidin-2-yl)cyclopropyl]quinoline- 4-carboxamide, 2f Yellow Solid, mp 156−158 °C; ¹ H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO- d ₆ ): δ 1.46 (t, J = 3.20 Hz, 2H), 1.65 (t, J = 3.20 Hz, 2H), 7.35 (t, J = 4.80 Hz, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.78 (t, J = 1.20 Hz, 1H), 7.80 (t, J = 1.20 Hz, 1H), 8.03 (d, J = 8.00 Hz, 1H), 8.54 (d, J = 7.60 Hz, 1H), 8.79 (d, J = 4.80 Hz, 1H), 9.56 (s, 1H); mol wt. 324.76; LCMS-325. N-(6-Cyanonaphthalen-2-yl)quinoline-6-carboxamide, 3a Pale Yellow Solid, mp 138−140 °C; IR (KBr), ν, cm−1: 3310 (NH), 3400 (OH), 2200 (CN), 1640 (CO); ¹ H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO- d ₆ ): δ 6.67 (d, J = 8.00 Hz, 1H), 6.92 (d, J = 4.00 Hz, 2H), 7.48−7.40 (m, 2H), 7.63−7.67 (m, 1H), 7.73 (d, J = 8.00 Hz, 1H), 7.89 (d, J = 7.60 Hz, 1H), 8.23 (d, J = 8.40 Hz, 1H), 12.05 (s, 1H); mol wt. 323.34; LCMS-324. N-(6-Methoxy-1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)quinoline-6-carboxamide, 3b Off-white Solid, mp 184−187 °C; IR (KBr), ν, cm ⁻¹ : 3200 (NH), 1650 (CO), 1600 (aromatic C=C); ¹ H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO- d ₆ ): δ 3.72 (s, 3H), 7.07 (dd, J = 2.80, 9.00 Hz, 1H), 7.62−7.67 (m, 3H), 8.15 (d, J = 8.80 Hz, 1H), 8.37 (d, J = 1.60 Hz, 1H), 8.53 (d, J = 8.00 Hz, 1H), 8.86 (d, J = 1.60 Hz, 1H), 9.90 (q, J = 0.16 Hz, 1H), 12.95 (s, 1H); mol wt 335.37; LCMS-336. N-(4-Methylphenyl)quinoline-6-carboxamide, 3c Pale Yellow Solid, mp 165−167 °C; IR (KBr), ν , cm ⁻¹ : 3300 (NH), 1650 (CO), 1600 (aromatic C=C); ¹ H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO- d ₆ ): δ 2.29 (s, 3H), 7.18 (d, J = 8.40 Hz, 2H), 7.63 (q, J = 4.40 Hz, 1H), 7.69 (d, J = 8.40 Hz, 2H), 8.23 (d, J = 2.00 Hz, 1H), 8.25 (d, J = 2.00 Hz, 1H), 8.52 (dd, J = 1.20, 8.60 Hz, 1H), 8.61 (d, J = 2.00 Hz, 1H), 9.00 (q, J = 1.60 Hz, 1H), 10.40 (s, 1H); mol wt 262.3; LCMS-263. N-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)quinoline-6-carboxamide, 3d Pale Yellow Solid, mp 147−149 °C; IR (KBr), ν , cm ⁻¹ :3300 (NH), 1653 (CO), 1600 (aromatic C=C); ¹ H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO- d ₆ ): δ 3.75 (s, 3H), 3.77 (s, 3H), 6.95 (d, J = 8.80 Hz, 1H), 7.50 (d, J = 2.40 Hz, 1H), 7.62−7.65 (m, 1H), 8.12 (d, J = 8.80 Hz, 1H), 8.25 (dd, J = 2.00, 8.80 Hz, 1H), 8.51 (d, J = 5.60 Hz, 1H), 8.61 (d, J = 2.00 Hz, 1H), 8.99−9.11 (m, 1H), 10.34 (s, 1H); mol wt 308.33; LCMS-309. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of the synthesized compounds were determined by agar dilution method. 13 The growth media, nutrient agar was first prepared in a usual method and sterilized by autoclaving. The sterilized media was allowed to cool to 50 °C and 9 ml of the molten agar was added to test tubes which contained 1 ml of different concentration of the test compounds and the control (DMSO). The mixture of the media and the test drugs were thoroughly mixed and poured into pre-labeled sterile petri dishes on a level surface. Additional petri dishes containing only the growth media were prepared in the same way so as to serve for comparison of growth of the respective organisms. The concentrations of the compounds used for test were ranging from 0.5 to 2.5 mg/ml. The plates were dried at room temperature in laminar air flow for 30 min. The suspensions of the respective microorganisms were inoculated into the series of agar plates using standard loop. The plates were then incubated at 37 °C for 24 h. The lowest concentration which inhibited the growth of the respective organisms was taken as MIC. All tests were carried out in duplicate and results are shown in 3 .