Water → Methyl 2-(2-benzoylpyrrol-1-yl)acetate

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Potassium tert-butoxide (7.22, 0.064 mol) was dissolved in DMF (40 ml) and 2-benzoylpyrrole (10 g, 0.058 mol) in DMF (10 ml) was added dropwise with stirring at room temperature. This was left for 16 hours then cooled to 0° C. when methyl bromoacetate (5.4 ml, 0.058 mol) in DMF (5 ml) was added dropwise. The reaction mixture was stirred for 16 hours then poured into water (150 ml) and extracted with diethyl ether (2×100 ml). The extracts were washed with brine (2×75 ml) dried and evaporated to give methyl (2-benzoylpyrrol-1-yl)acetate (12.6 g, 89%) as a brown oil which crystallised on standing.

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