Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(4-aminobutyl)-7-bromo-2-ethoxymethyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine

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Hydrogen chloride (100 mL of a 4 M solution in 1,4-dioxane) was added to tert-butyl [4-(4-amino-7-bromo-2-ethoxymethyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-1-yl)butyl]carbamate (10.0 g, 20.3 mmol), and the reaction was stirred for one hour. The reaction was adjusted to pH 11 with the addition of sodium hydroxide pellets in a small amount of water. Chloroform (300 mL) was added followed by saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate (50 mL). The organic layer was separated, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, concentrated under reduced pressure, and dried overnight in a drying oven to provide 5.60 g of 1-(4-aminobutyl)-7-bromo-2-ethoxymethyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine as a light yellow solid.

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