Question
Organic Chemistry Question on Heterocyclic Chemistry
This 4-amino quinoline antimalarial drug marketed as R, S isomer, has two trifluromethyl moieties at position 2' and 8' and no electronegative substituent either at 6' or 7' positions is:
A
Chloroquine
B
Mefloquine
C
Amodiaquine
D
Primaquine
Answer
Mefloquine
Explanation
Solution
The correct option is (B): Mefloquine