Formaldehyde → 4-(2-Chlorophenyl)-1-(hydroxymethyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile

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60.8 g of 3-(2-chlorophenyl)-4-cyanopyrrole, 9.9 g of paraformaldehyde and 0.8 g of triethylamine are thoroughly mixed and and the mixture is then heated, with stirring, at a bath temperature of 90° C. The resultant melt is cooled to room temperature after 11/4 hours, when it congeals to a glass-like solid. Recrystallisation from toluene yields the title compound in the form of brownish crystals of m.p. 94°-97° C.

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