HCID 18945167, compound → Methyl 3-formyl-5-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl)benzoate

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A mixture of methyl 3-hydroxymethyl-5-(pyrrol-1-yl)benzoate (20.0 g) and manganese dioxide (100.0 g) in dichloromethane (0.5 l) was stirred for 22 hours at room temperature. The manganese dioxide was filtered off and the filtrate was evaporated in vacuo. The residue was pulverized from diisopropyl ether and petroleum ether to give methyl 3-formyl-5-(pyrrol-1-yl)benzoate (17.6 g).

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