clamoxyquine clamoxyquine clamoxyquine (inn) or clamoxyquin (former ban), as the pamoate or hydrochloride salt, is an antiamebic and antidiarrheal drug. clamoxyquineclinical dataatc codenoneidentifiers iupac name 5-chloro-7-(methyl)quinolin-8-ol cas number2545-39-3pubchem cid18029chemspider17033uniijun13fz6rfchemblchembl2106065comptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid50180109 chemical and physical dataformulac17h24cln3omolar mass321.85 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles clc1cc(c(o)c2ncccc12)cncccn(cc)cc it has been used as a veterinary medicine to treat salmonids for infection with the myxozoan parasite myxobolus cerebralis. synthesis antimalarial activity also predominates in a quinoline that bears a diaminoalkyl side chain at a rather different position from the other agents noted. clamoxyquin synthesis: thus, mannich condensation of the hydroxyquinoline (1) with formaldehyde and n,n-diethylpropylenediamine affords clamoxyquin (2).