0.145 g (0.867 mmol) tert-butylpyrrole-2-carboxylate is dissolved in 10 ml absolute DMSO, mixed with 0.107 g (0.952 mmol) potassium-tert-butylate and stirred at 110° C. for 15 minutes. A solution of 0.333 g (0.864 mmol) [1-bromo-3-(4-octylphenoxy)propan-2-yl]acetate in 10 ml absolute DMSO is added drop-wise. Following heating at 110° C. for 30 minutes and subsequent cooling, hydrolysis is carried out in saturated NaCl solution. Four extractions with diethyl ether, combination of organic phases, concentration to half the volume on the rotary evaporator, three wash steps with saturated NaCl solution, drying on sodium sulfate, filtration and reconcentration on the rotary evaporator leave as the crude product a yellow oil which is purified on silica gel by means of flash column chromatography (flow agent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate 80:20) and yields the product as a colorless oil.
