Sodium Hydroxide → 5-Benzoyl-1-methyl-1h-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid

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Methyl 1-methyl-5-benzoylpyrrole-2-carboxylate (0.78 g.) was heated on a steam bath for 1 hour with 40 ml. of 1 N sodium hydroxide and 20 ml. of methanol. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, extracted with ether, made acid with conc. hydrochloric acid and 1-methyl-5-benzoylpyrrole-2-carboxylic acid recovered by filtration (0.47 g., m.p. 178°-181° C.). Recrystallization from acetone/hexane afforded product for analysis (0.34 g., m.p. 178°-180° C.).

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