Hydrochloric Acid → 1-methyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid

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7.66 g (50 mmole) of ethyl 1-methyl-3-pyrrolecarboxylate prepared in Example 1 and 37.5 ml (75 mmole) of 2N sodium hydroxide aqueous solution were charged into a reaction vessel and refluxed for two hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C. and about 7 ml of 6N hydrochloric acid solution was added while stirring. After the addition of 15 g of sodium chloride, the mixture was stirred for one hour over an ice-acetone bath to collect precipitated crystals. The crystals were washed with cold water and dried under reduced pressure to obtain 5.77 g (yield 92.2%) of colorless or light-yellow powdery crystals of 1-methyl-3-pyrrolecarboxylic acid.

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