our efforts were directed towards the synthesis of new heterocyclic compounds containing quinoline ring bearing pyrazole and pyridine moieties with anticipated biological activities. Experimental General All melting points were determined in openglass capillaries and are uncorrected. IR spectra were recorded on a Bruker Vector 22 Germany spectrometer (KBr). 1 HNMR spectra were recorded on Bruker 400 MHz spectrometer using TMS as an internal reference. The Electron Impact mass spectrometry was obtained at 70 eV using Shimadzu QP-2010 Plus mass spectrometer. The reactions were monitored by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) on silica gel F254 aluminum sheets (Merck), and the spots were visualized by UV lamp at 254-365 nm. I N continuation of our interest in synthesis of novel quinoline derivatives with anticipated biological activity, we have synthesized new quinoline derivatives bearing pyrazole and pyridine moieties by formylation of quinoline hydrazones through the Vilsmeier-Haack reaction which is a common method for the synthesis of 4-formyl pyrazoles. Condensation of 2-hydrazinylquinoline 1 with 4-substituted acetophenone gave the corresponding hydrazones 2a-c which in turn underwent the Vilsmeier-Haack reaction in POCl 3 /DMF to furnish the corresponding 4-formyl pyrazole derivatives 3a-c. One-pot reaction of compounds 3a-c with malononitrile and thiophenol or ethyl mercaptan gave the 3,5-pyridine dicarbonitrile derivatives 11a-f. The synthesized derivatives were screened for their antimicrobial activities against Gram negative bacteria, Gram positive bacteria and Fungi. Most of compounds showed excellent antimicrobial activities compared to the reference drugs. All the newly synthesized compounds have been characterized by means of elemental analyses, IR, 1 H NMR and MS.