Abstract This report focuses on the synthesis of 2-phenyl-7-substitutedquinoline-4-carboxylic acid derivatives through both conventional and microwave-irradiated methods. Intermediate 7-chloro-2-phenyl-quinoline-4-carboxylic acid was synthesized by condensation and cyclization of benzaldehyde, pyruvic acid, and m-chloroaniline in the presence of absolute ethanol and further substituted with aromatic, aliphatic, and alicyclic amines to obtain the ...