The 1 H and 13 C NMR resonances for 16 acridin-9(10H)-ones substituted with amino or (1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)amino groups were completely and unequivocally assigned by the concerted application of gs-COSY, gs-HMQC and gs-HMBC experiments. Evidence for hydrogen bond and amino-imino tautomerism is presented for 1-and 4-substituted acridin-9(10H)-ones.