Spectrophotometric studies have been made on the solutions of elementary iodine in pyridine and quinoline, in the absence of light. The results shown that triiodide ion is produced in both solutions with different rates, and that triiodide ion behaves differently in both solutions. Iodine reacts slowly with pyridine, giving rise to triiodide ion, which is relatively stable in this solvent, hereas, iodine reacts rapidly with quinoline, forming triiodide ion, which interacts further with the medium at slow rate. It has been thought that the difference of the behavior of triiodide ion in both solutions may be due to the stronger basicity of quinoline than pyridine.