Sodium Chloride → methyl 6-chloro-1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrrole-1-carboxylate

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In an atmosphere of argon, 2.52 g of 50% sodium hydride in mineral oil (0.053 moles) is washed free of the carrier with dry hexane (2×20 ml.). Thereafter 150 ml of anhydrous dimethylformamide is added and the mixture is cooled to 0°. To this mixture is added, with stirring, 16.4 g. of methyl 1-(2-iodoethyl)-4-chloropyrrol-2-acetate (0.05 moles) dissolved in 50 ml dimethylformamide. The reaction mixture is left at room temperature for 2 hours, when saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution is added and the product extracted into benzene (3×200 ml). The organic extract is washed with water (2×100 ml), dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated in vacuo. The crude product (8.52 g) is purified by column chromatography on silica gel (245 g) using hexane-ethyl acetate (90:10) as the eluting solvent, to yield methyl 6-chloro-1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrrole-1-carboxylate, an oil having the following physical constants:

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