Benzoyl chloride → Ethyl (5-benzoyl-1,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)acetate

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Ethyl 1,4-dimethylpyrrole-2-acetate (37.0 g, 0.19 mol), benzoyl chloride (54.3 g, 0.38 mol), and triethylamine (52.9 ml, 0.38 mol) were dissolved in xylenes (750 ml), and the reaction mixture was refluxed for 18 h under argon. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and the solvent was removed in vacuo. Purification on a Florisil® column (hexane followed by hexane-ethyl acetate, 4:1) gave ethyl 5-benzoyl-1,4-dimethylpyrrole-2-acetate (30.45 g, 57%) as a solid. ##STR19##

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