Ethanol → Ethyl 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate

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Under N2, at 0° C. 60% NaH in mineral oil (3.11 g, 78 mmol) was added to a solution of (E)-1-chloro-4-(2-tosylvinyl)benzene (19 g, 64.9 mmol) in dry THF (300 mL). After 5 minutes ethyl 2-isocyanoacetate (7.76 mL, 71.4 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture stirred at room temperature. After 18 h EtOH (50 mL) was added and the solvents were evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was partitioned between EtOAc (400 mL) and H2O (400 mL). The organic phase was washed with (100 mL), dried over Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure. The crude product (16.55 g, “102%”) was used in the next step.

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