Triethylamine → 2-ethyl-7-[2-(methylsulfonyl)ethenyl]-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylmethyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine

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A thick walled glass tube, equipped with a stir bar, was charged with palladium (II) acetate (7 mg, 0.03 mmol), acetonitrile (15 mL), N,N-dimethylformamide (15 mL), methyl vinyl sulfone (150 mg, 1.41 mmol), triethylamine (0.53 mL, 3.8 mmol), tri-o-tolylphosphine (23 mg, 0.08 mmol) and 7-bromo-2-ethyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylmethyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine (500 g, 1.28 mmol). The reaction mixture was purged with nitrogen and the tube was sealed and heated at 120° C. in an oil bath for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to ambient temperature and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting solid was partitioned between chloroform (100 mL) and 1% aqueous sodium carbonate (100 mL). The fractions were separated and the aqueous fraction was extracted with chloroform (2×50 mL). The combined organic fractions were sequentially dried (MgSO4), filtered, and purified by chromatography using a HORIZON HPFC system (silica cartridge, eluting with a CMA:chloroform gradient, 0-15% CMA over 1200 mL followed by 15-20% CMA over 1100 mL). Recrystallization from methanol provided 315 mg of 2-ethyl-7-[2-(methylsulfonyl)ethenyl]-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylmethyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine as a pale yellow solid.

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