Tetrahydrofuran → tert-butyl 1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylate

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A solution of tert-butyl acrylate (10.5 g) and toluenesulfonylisocyanate (16 g) in tetrahydrofuran (210 ml) was added dropwise at 70° C. to a suspension of sodium hydride (3.9 g) in tetrahydrofuran (200 ml) over 0.5 hour and stirred at the same temperature for two hours. After completion of the reaction, the solvent was evaporated, water was added to the residue and extracted with ethyl acetate three times. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The resulting residue was purified with silica gel column chromatography (n-hexane/ethyl acetate) and recrystallized (n-hexane/ethyl acetate) to give the titled compound (5.27 g) as a white solid.

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