Potassium Phosphate, Dibasic → ethyl 4-methyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate

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Trifluoromethanesulfonyl chloride (40.7 mL, 381.67 mmol) was added to the argon degassed solution of ethyl-4-methyl-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate (40 g, 254.45 mmol), K2HPO4 (132.9 g, 763.35 mmol), dichlorotris(1,10-phenanthroline) ruthenium (II) hydrate (3.6 g, 5.08 mmol) in acetonitrile. The reaction mixture was stirred for 6 d at room temperature adjacent to a fluorescent light bulb (23 W). The reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc and H2O. The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (2×700 mL). Combined organic layer was dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, concentrated under reduced pressure to yield crude mass which was then purified by column chromatography (100-200 mesh Silica gel; 20% ethyl acetate/hexane; Rff-value 0.7) to afford title compound (25 g, 71.13% yield, white color solid).

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