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In this study, analogue-based drug design was employed as a form of drug ‘rescue’ in the development of novel potential antimalarials. The main aim was to design and synthesize analogues of the 4-aminoquinoline drug amodiaquine with potentially improved safety and efficacy profiles using prior knowledge of the drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK), toxicity and efficacy profile of the drug. A representative set of compounds in four different series was synthesized in which the 4-aminoquinoline ring was coupled with benzothiazole, benzimidazole, benzoxazole and pyridyl rings bearing different aliphatic amines and diamines. The chemistry involved aromatic nucleophilic substitution reactions and hydrogenation of nitro aromatic compounds. 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