hydrophobic moiety attached on a carboxylic or phosphoric acid terminal anchoring group, which chemisorbs on the semiconductor surface. In this work, the synthesis of a new family of 8-quinolinol derivatives bearing alkyl chains of variable length at the 5-position is described and their comparative efficiency as effective bidentate co-adsorbents in DSCs is evaluated. The key step towards their straightforward
8-Hydroxy-quinoline derivatives and 8-ethers, 8-esters, 8-carbonates, 8-acyloxymethyl, 8-phosphates, 8(phosphoryloxy)methyl, and 8-carbamates derivatives thereof substituted at the 5-position are described as useful for iron chelation and neuroprotective therapies.