Since many molecules bearing quinoline-5, 8-dione or fused 1, 4-quinone moieties possess a wide spectrum of biological activities, efficient methods for incorporation of fluorine-18 (F- 18) into quinoline-5, 8-diones have received considerable attention in positron emission tomography (PET) molecular imaging studies. In this paper, we describe an efficient synthetic route for the regioselective preparation of fluoropropyl-substituted quinoline-5, 8- ...