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 1N 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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