Dimethylformamide → ethyl 4-chloro-3-formyl-5-methyl-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate

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POCl3 in 1,2-dichloroethane (14 mL) was slowly added to a solution of DMF (4.37 mL, 59.79 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane (10 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred for 15 min and then Intermediate 7 (2.04 g, 10.87 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 3 h and then cooled to room temperature. The reaction mixture was treated with sodium acetate (10 g) in water (25 mL) and stirred for 1 h. The mixture was extracted with methylene chloride, washed with water, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. Purification by flash column chromatography (silica, 2:1 hexanes/ethyl acetate) gave the desired compound (720 mg).

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