| Summary: | A 2,4-diarylquinoline derivative, 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-6-methoxy-3-methylquinoline, was synthesized in a conventional two-step procedure from <i>p</i>-anisidine, <i>p</i>-chlorobenzaldehyde and methyl isoeugenol as available starting reagents through a sequence of BF<sub>3</sub>·OEt<sub>2</sub>-catalyzed Povarov cycloaddition reaction/oxidative dehydrogenation aromatization processes under microwave irradiation conditions in the presence of a green oxidative I<sub>2</sub>-DMSO system. The structure of the compound was fully characterized by FT-IR, <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>13</sup>C-NMR, ESI-MS, and elemental analysis. Its physicochemical parameters (Lipinski’s descriptors) were also calculated using the Molinspiration Cheminformatics software. The diarylquinoline molecule obtained is an interesting model with increased lipophilicity and thus permeability, an important descriptor for quinoline-based drug design. Such types of derivatives are known for their anticancer, antitubercular, antifungal, and antiviral activities.
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