“…Since biomolecular targets in these cases are different, fusion of quinolone and pyrrolone skeletons with appropriate substitution pattern could help in multi‐targeting, and hence have potential application in anticancer and antibacterial drug discovery efforts. A literature search showed that therapeutic potential of pyrrolo−quinolines, [19–21] indolo−quinolines, [22] isoindolo[2,1‐a]quinoline‐5,11‐diones (eg. II , Figure 1a), [23] and pyrrolo[1,2‐a]quinoline‐1,5‐diones ( III ) [24] have received some attention but pyrrolo[1,2‐a]quinoline‐3,5‐diones of the type I discussed here are yet to undergo detailed investigations, making their synthesis very important.…”