Résumé : (Chemical Equation Presented) The synthesis of a series of bis-8-hydroxyquinoline- and bis-8-hydroxyquinaldine-substituted N-benzyl or thiophenyl amines and their corresponding bis-8-hydroxyquinoline is reported. In vitro growth inhibitory effects of both series have been evaluated. It has been observed that analogs from the bis-8-hydroxyquinoline series exert nanomolar range activity, whereas the antiproliferative activity of the corresponding analogs from the bis-8-hydroxyquinaldine series was found to be drastically lower. Molecular docking and chemical-physical properties account for these observed growth inhibitory differences between the two series of analogs, which differ only by the presence of a methyl group at the 2 position of the heterocyclic ring. © 2010 HeteroCorporation.