Diethyl Ether → HCID 19759462, compound

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To a solution of 1-(4-ethoxycarbonylphenyl)-4-hydroxymethylpyrrole-2-carbonitrile (500 mg) in dichloromethane (5.5 ml) was added trifluoroacetic acid (2.8 ml) and triethylsilane (652 μl) in that order at 5° C. under nitrogen. The mixture was stirred at 5° C. for one and half hours and at ambient temperature for one hour and then poured into a mixture of diethyl ether and n-hexane (1:1). The mixture was washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate solution and brine, dried, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (elution by ethyl acetate/n-hexane=1/10) to yield 1-(4-ethoxycarbonylphenyl)-4-methylpyrrole-2-carbonitrile (163 mg) as a white solid.

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