“…The developed synthetic route is depicted in Scheme . Initially, we examined the preparation of 7‐nitro‐1‐(piperidin‐4‐yl)‐4,5‐dihydro‐[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3‐a]quinoline hydrochloride ( 3 ) from the reaction of 6‐nitro‐3,4‐dihydroquinoline‐2(1H)‐thione ( 2 ) and tert ‐butyl 4‐(hydrazinecarbonyl) piperidine‐1‐carboxylate ( 1 ) by following the reported literature with some modifications in order to introduce piperidine moiety to triazole at the second position . Further, the compound 3 when reacted with various electron withdrawing and donating aryl sulfonyl chlorides and cyclopropyl sulfonyl chloride ( 4a , 4b , 4c , 4d , 4e , 4f , 4g , 4h , 4i , 4j ) in the presence of triethyl amine obtained the corresponding title compounds as 1‐(1‐(aryl/cyclopropylsulfonyl)piperidin‐4‐yl)‐7‐nitro‐4,5‐dihydro‐[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3‐a]quinolines ( 5a , 5b , 5c , 5d , 5e , 5f , 5g , 5h , 5i , 5j ) (Table ).…”