Hydrochloric Acid → 2-ethoxymethyl-1-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)-7-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine trihydrochloride

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Ethanolic hydrochloric acid (17.68 mL of 4.25 M) was added to a solution of tert-butyl 4-{[4-amino-2-ethoxymethyl-7-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-1-yl]methyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate (9.71 g, 18.8 mmol) in anhydrous ethanol, and the reaction was heated at reflux for two hours. A precipitate formed, and the reaction was allowed to cool to ambient temperature. The solid was isolated by filtration, washed with a small volume of cold ethanol, and dried under reduced pressure to provide 7.1 g of 2-ethoxymethyl-1-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)-7-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine trihydrochloride as an off-white solid, mp>250° C.

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