Acetic Anhydride → Ethyl 1-methyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylate

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A mixture of 117.1 g (1 mole) of N-formylsarcosine prepared in the Reference Example 1, 98.10 g (1 mole) of ethyl propiolate, and 638 ml of acetic anhydride was stirred using a magnetic stirrer over an oil bath at 130° C. for 22 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated under vacuum. 100 ml of toluene was added to the residue and the mixture was evaporated under reduced pressure. This procedure was repeated to obtain a brown oily substance. This oily substance was distilled under vacuum to obtain 109.19 g (yield 71.3%) of a colorless or light-yellow oil of the title compound as fractions with a boiling point of 103°-104° C. at 4 mmHg.

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