Methyl Acrylate → methyl 1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylate

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A solution (250 mL) of p-toluenesulfonylmethyl isocyanide (15.0 g) and methyl acrylate (6.92 mL) in tetrahydrofuran was added dropwise to a suspension (100 mL) of potassium tert-butoxide in tetrahydrofuran over 30 min. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hr, and filtered through a glass filter filled with silica gel (diameter 8 cm, height 4 cm), and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent: hexane-ethyl acetate=9:1→2:1) to give the title compound as a pale-yellow solid (yield 4.69 g, 49%).

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