Nitric Acid → Methyl 1-methyl-4-nitro-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate

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Nitroesters 6 and 10 were synthesized from the inexpensive N-methylpyrrole and N-methylimidazole as outlined in Schemes 10 and 11, respectively. Each of these compounds can be prepared economically on a large scale. Methyl 1-methyl-4-nitropyrrole-2-carboxylate (6) was prepared using a modification of the reported synthesis of pyrrole-2-trichloroketone. (Bailey et al. (1971) Org. Syn. 51:101). Briefly, reaction of the inexpensive N-methylpyrrole (14) with trichloroacetylchloride followed by nitration with nitric acid gave nitropyrrole trichloroketone (15), which was treated with sodium methoxide to yield nitropyrrole (6).

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