Abstract The quinoline scaffold is an important class of heterocyclic compounds that possesses diverse chemotherapeutic activities. Thus, the 2-phenylquinoline-4-carboxamide derivatives containing a variety of moieties, such as 2-(2-furanyl)-1, 3, 4-oxadiazole, N-(2- methylphenyl)-4-(3-pyridinyl)-2-pyrimidinamine, 4, 4′-bithiazole, purine, adamantine and resorcinol, have been designed and synthesized via Suzuki coupling, acid-base coupling ...