Acetic Acid → 1-(2,6-Dichlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrole

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A mixture of 5 g of 2,6-dichloroaniline, 4.5 g of 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran and 30 ml of acetic acid was heated to reflux for 10 hours. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool, poured into water, and extracted with ethyl acetate two times. The organic layers were combined, washed successively with water and an aqueous saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was subjected to silica gel chromatography to obtain 5.45 g of 1-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrole of the formula:

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