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The quinazolinone (1.0 eq) was deprotonated with NaH (1.5 eq) in DMF, then reacted with 2‑(bromomethyl)pyridine (1.2 eq) at 80 °C (6 h). The product was purified by flash chromatography (gradient EtOAc/hexanes) to give JUQ‑565 (84 % isolated yield).

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JUQ-565 answered with the hum of an engine and the open promise of altitude. Above the city, rainclouds broke into strips of sun. The ghost-runner became a streak, then a story told in bars and docks and teahouses: the machine that carried memory and the woman who would not let the world forget the names it had tried to erase. JUQ-565