Dimethyl Sulfoxide → HCID 86052440, compound

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Reaction Steps

The general method described in Step 6 of Example 1 was used to oxidize 4-(1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-1-yl)butan-1-ol (20.0 g, 82.9 mmol) with DMSO (48.6 g, 620 mmol), oxalyl chloride (58.0 g, 456 mmol), and triethylamine (126 g, 1.25 mol) to provide 4-(1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-1-yl)butyraldehyde (10.0 g) as a light orange oil after chromatography on silica gel (elution with 10% methanol in dichloromethane) followed by brief treatment with trifluoroacetic acid (0.10 g, 1 mmol) in a mixture of THF (50 mL) and water (20 mL).

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