First cationic 6-quinolyl substituted dithiaporphyrin was synthesized using Skraup quinoline methodology from thiaporphyrin bearing 4-acetamidophenyl prepared by condensation reaction of aromatic aldehyde with pyrrole. First cationic 6-quinolyl substituted dithiaporphyrin was synthesized using Skraup quinoline methodology from thiaporphyrin bearing 4-acetamidophenyl prepared by condensation reaction of aromatic aldehyde with pyrrole.