Abstract:
Amino-substituted imidazo[1,2-a:3,4-a']diquinolin-15-ium salts having the formula I: ##STR1## wherein R. sub. 1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, C. sub. 4 -C. sub. 6 cycloalkyl, di(lower alkyl)amino, 1-azetidinyl, 1-pyrrolidinyl, 1-piperidinyl, methyl-1-pyrrolidinyl, methyl-1-piperidinyl, 4-morpholinyl or 2,2-dimethylhydrazino; R. sub. 2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkylamino, di(lower alkyl)amino, C. sub. 4 -C. sub. 6 cycloalkylamino, lower alkoxy(lower alkyl)amino, 1-azetidinyl, 1-pyrrolidinyl, 1-piperidinyl, methyl-1-pyrrolidinyl, methyl-1-piperidinyl, hexahydro-1H-azepin-1-yl, 4-morpholinyl, benzylamino, N-methylbenzylamino or 2-phenylethylamino; R. sub. 3 is hydrogen or methyl; X is an anion; with the proviso that at least one of R. sub. 1 and R. sub. 2 is other than hydrogen, lower alkyl or C. sub. 4 -C. sub. 6 cycloalkyl; and with the further proviso that when R. sub.