It is one of the methyl derivatives of the heterocyclic compound quinoline.
It can be prepared from aniline and paraldehyde via Skraup synthesis or from aniline and crotonaldehyde via Doebner-von Miller variation of the Skraup reaction.
[2] Quinaldine has critical point at 787 K and 4.9 MPa and its refractive index is 1.8116.
[citation needed] Quinaldine is used in manufacturing anti-malaria drugs, dyes and food colorants (e.g., Quinoline Yellows, pinacyanol).
[3] In some Caribbean islands it is used to facilitate the collection of tropical fish from reefs.