Ethyl benzoylacetate → HCID 57659327, compound

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2-Bromo-1-pyridin-4-ylethanone hydrobromide 1 (1.7 g, 6.2 mmol) was added to a mixture of 3-oxo-3-phenyl-propionic acid ethyl ester 2 (R═H, 1 g, 5.2 mmol) in 100 mL of dry THF and NaH (0.5 g, 13.0 mmol) at 0° C. The solution was left at 0° C. for 1 h and then stirred at rt for 3 h. The solvent was removed and the residue was dissolved in 60 ml of EtOH, ammonium acetate (1.4 g, 18.7 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was left overnight at rt. The crude material was purified by flash chromatography (DCM/MeOH 98:2) affording 920 mg (60%) of 2-phenyl-5-pyridin-4-yl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester as a solid.

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