AMINOQUINOLINES

Antihypertensive compounds of the formula ll II wherein X is chloro or trifluoromethyl; wherein R is an aromatic heterocyclic radical selected from the group consisting of triazinyl, pyrazinyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl or the above radicals substituted by one or two trifluoromethyl, alkyl, alkoxy, dialkylamino, alkylthio, or halo, or 1 to 4 halo atoms for pyridine, or combinations of substituents, in which alkyl and alkoxy are each of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, inclusive, and halo is fluoro, bromo or chloro, or R is the group in which R1 is phenyl, phenyl-substituted with one or two halogens, trifluoromethylphenyl, phenyl-substituted with one or two alkoxy or alkyl groups, or alkylphenylsulfonyl, in which alkyl, alkoxy, and halo are defined as above; or R is the group SO2R2, in which R1 is dialkylamino, phenyl, phenyl-substituted with one or two halogens, alkyl, trifluoromethyl or alkoxy groups, in which alkyl, alkoxy and halo are defined as hereinabove, are prepared from compounds of the formula