Synthetic Amebicides. VIII. 7,7′-[Iminobis(alkyleneimino) [bis[benz[c] acridines] and Congeneric 9-Aminoacridines, 12-Aminobenz[a] acridines, [2-Aminobenz[b] acridines,and 4-Aminoquinolines

Thirty-five 7,7′-(iminodialkylenediimino))bis[benz[c]acridines] (VII), 7,7′-(alkylene- and phenylenediimino)bis[benz[c]acridines] (VIII and IXa-c), [iminobis(alkyleneimino)]bis[acridines, benz[a]acridines, benz[b]acridines, and quinolines] (X, Xla-c, XII, XIII, and XIVa-c), and [alkylenebis(iminoalkyleneimino)]bis[acridines, benz[c]acridines, and quinolincs] (XVI, XVII, XVIIIa and b, and XIXa-c) were synthesized by the condensation of one equivalent of the appropriate alkylenediamine with two equivalents of the requisite chloroheterocycle in phenol. Many of the bis(aminoheterocyclic) compounds are highly active against Entamoeba histolytica in vitro and in experimental animals.