Triethylamine → 2-ethoxymethyl-1-(3-isopropoxypropyl)-7-[(E)-2-(phenylthio)ethenyl]-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine hydrobromide

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7-Bromo-2-ethoxymethyl-1-(3-isopropoxypropyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-ylamine (1.00 g, 2.46 mmol), tris(2-tolyl)phosphine (16 mg, 0.05 mmol) and a stir bar were added to a pressure vessel. Palladium(II) acetate (6 mg, 0.025 mmol), phenyl vinyl sulfide (0.330 mL, 2.53 mmol) and triethylamine (0.685 mL, 4.92 mmol) were subsequently added, followed by toluene (5 mL). The vessel was sealed with a TEFLON cap and the reaction was heated at 110° C. for 40 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to ambient temperature and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography (silica gel, eluting with a linear gradient of 1-7% methanol in dichloromethane), followed by recrystallization from acetonitrile to provide 0.35 g of 2-ethoxymethyl-1-(3-isopropoxypropyl)-7-[(E)-2-(phenylthio)ethenyl]-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine hydrobromide as yellow-orange crystals, mp 220-221° C.

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