Hydrochloric Acid → 4-Amino-1-[2-(4-piperidyl)ethyl]-1h-imidazo[4,5-c]quinoline hydrochloride

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A mixture of 1.57 g of tert-butyl 4-[2-(4-amino-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-1-yl)ethyl]-1-piperidinecarboxylate and 40 ml of ethyl acetate solution of hydrogen chloride was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was added with water, adjusted to pH 10 with 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, and extracted with methylene chloride. The extract was dried, and the solvent was evaporated. The resulting residue was washed with ethyl acetate to give 1.01 g of pale brown crystals. The resulting crystals were purified by alumina column chromatography using methylene chloride—methanol (40:1 to 20:1) as eluting solvents, and washed with diisopropyl ether to give colorless crystals. Hydrochloride was prepared in a conventional method. Recrystallization from ethanol gave colorless crystals having the melting point of from 243 to 244° C. (decomposition).

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