Chloromethyl Methyl Ether → 4-Formyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrrole-2-carbonitrile

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Aluminum trichloride (24.24 g, 180.86 mmol) was dissolved in nitromethane/dichloromethane (1/1, 320 ml), the solution was cooled to −20° C., and 1-methylpyrrole-2-carbonitrile (8 g, 75.36 mmol) was added. α,α-Dichlorodimethyl ether (10.4 g, 90.43 mmol), dissolved in dichloromethane (42 ml), was subsequently added dropwise. After stirring for 4 h at 0° C., the batch was poured onto ice (200 g). The aqueous phase was extracted with diethyl ether. The combined organic phases were washed until neutral with saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, water and saturated sodium chloride solution. After drying over sodium sulfate, the solvent was removed in a rotary evaporator. The crude product was employed in the reactions below without further purification.

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