Potassium Carbonate → 2-Methyl-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile

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A mixture of 0.9 g (4.6 mmol) of 2-methyl-5-oxo-4,5-dihydropyrrole-3-carboxamide, 1.4 g (9.2 mmol) of phosphorus oxychloride and 0.9 g (6.4 mmol) of potassium carbonate in 50 ml of acetone was refluxed for 6 h. The mixture was then concentrated and the resulting residue was chromatographed over silica gel (mobile phase: cyclohexane:ethyl acetate 10:1 to 1:1). This gave 0.15 g (19% of theory) of the desired product (IR: 2220 cm−1).

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