Water → 2-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl)benzonitrile

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Anthranilonitrile (10.0 grams, 85.0 mmol) was dissolved in 350 mL of acetic acid. To this was added 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran (11.0 mL, 85.0 mmol). This was stirred at reflux for 2 hours after which time the reaction mixture was pored into water and the product extracted with dichloromethane. The organic layer washed with water, dried over sodium sulfate and chromatographed on a silica gel column using a mobile phase of 1:1 dichloromethane-hexane to afford the title compound as a white solid. NMR confirms structure.

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