Synthesis of Mercaptoalkoxy quinoline Compounds

Two ω-mercaptoalkoxy quinoline compounds:6-(ω-mercaptodecoxy)-quinoline and 2-(ω-mercaptodecoxy)-4-methyl-quinoline were succesfully synthesized by reacting quinoline with 1,10- dibromodecane and thiourea in alkaline solution. The intermediates and products were characterized by IR, 1H NMR and MS.