Isopropyl isocyanate → N-{2-[4-amino-2-ethoxymethyl-7-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-1-yl]ethyl}-N'-(1-methylethyl)urea

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A solution of 1-(2-aminoethyl)-2-ethoxymethyl-7-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine (2.50 g, 6.90 mmol) in chloroform (50 mL) was treated with isopropyl isocyanate (0.65 mL, 6.9 mmol) according to the method described in Examples 377–379. The crude product was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (eluting with 94:6 chloroform:methanol) followed by trituration with acetonitrile (15 mL/g) at 95° C. The mixture was cooled in an ice bath, isolated by filtration, and dried for one hour in a vacuum oven at 100° C. to provide 0.88 g of N-{2-[4-amino-2-ethoxymethyl-7-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-1-yl]ethyl}-N′-(1-methylethyl)urea as a white solid, mp 194–196° C.

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