Water → 1-(2-bromophenyl)-3-(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)-2-propen-1-one

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A mixture of 20.0 g of (0.21 moles) 2-pyrrolecarboxaldehyde, 71.4 mL of (0.52 moles) o-bromoacetophenone, 72 mL of 1N potassium hydroxide and 800 mL of water was placed in a flask under nitrogen and heated to 45° C. for 72 hr. The reaction was cooled in an ice bath until a solid formed. The solid was taken up in methylcyclohexane/EtOAc, dried over 4A sieves and allowed to cool. The resulting solid was recrystallized from methylcyclohexane/EtOAc to give 43.5 g of 1-(2-bromophenyl)-3-(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)-2-propen-1-one as a yellow solid (75%), mp 76°-78° C.

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