1-R-4-Hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid anilides have been prepared. It has been shown experimentally that these compounds are brominated by molecular bromine in glacial acetic acid at position 4 of the anilide fragment. The antitubercular properties of the compounds synthesized are discussed.Keywords: 4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid amides, bromination, X-ray analysis, antitubercular activity.1-R-4-Hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid anilides possess a broad spectrum of biological activity. They include substances with antithyroid [2], antitubercular [3,4], analgesic, antiinflammatory [5], and antioxidant properties [6]. In medicine, the antineoplastic linomide (roquinimex, 4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid N-methylanilide [7]) is used. Many investigation of the modification of the structure of this medicinal compound have revealed potential compounds with antinephritic [8] and anti-angiogenic [9, 10] properties in a given series as well as novel synthetic immunomodulators [11].In this report we continue our work studying the physicochemical and biological properties of 4-hydroxyquinol-2-ones and have investigated 1-R-4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid anilides 1 and their 4-bromo-substituted analogs 2. The target compounds (Tables 1-3) were prepared by amidation of the ethyl esters 3 with aniline and 4-bromoaniline respectively according to a previously developed method [12].It is known that 3-alkyl-, 3-phenyl-, and 3-alkoxycarbonyl-substituted 4-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolines (including N-phenyl) are brominated by molecular bromine in glacial acetic acid at position 3 to give 3-bromo-3-R-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines [13,14].However, we later showed that with completely anhydrous solvents and reagents the indicated reaction occurs differently with electrophilic attack exclusively at position 6 of the quinolone [15]. With the anilides 1 a still further possible center for halogenation occurs (the phenylamide ring).