Kinetics of nucleophilic addition reaction of 2- and 4-substituted 9-isothiocyanatoacridines I - VII with glycine in buffered aqueous dimethylformamide has been studied. The addition products, N-(9-acridinylthiocarbamoyl)glycines VIII - XIV, were characterized by IR, UV, 1H NMR, mass and fluorescence spectra. Derivatives VIII, X and XII exhibited higher fluorescence intensity than the starting isothiocyanates; the highest fluorescence was found for the unsubstituted compound X. The reaction mechanism is discussed on the basis of properties of the reaction products and kinetic characteristics.