1-Ethyl-4-(3-methoxy-phenylethynyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid methyl amide → 1-[1-Ethyl-4-(3-methoxy-phenylethynyl)-1H-pyrrol-2-yl]-propan-1-one

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Under a nitrogen atmosphere to a cold (0° C.) solution of 1-ethyl-4-(3-methoxy-phenylethynyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid methyl amide (2.48 g, 7.93 mmol) in THF (40 ml) was added EtMgBr solution (1 molar in THF, 16 mL) over 10 minutes. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 18 hours, then poured into ice/1 N HCl solution and extracted with ether. The combined ether extracts were washed with brine, dried over MgSO4 and evaporated to dryness. The resultant residue was purified by flash chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate 9.5/0.5) to give the title compound as an off white solid (1.8 g, 80% yield), mp 64° C., 1H NMR (400 MHZ, CDCl3) δ 1.16 (t, 3H), 1.35 (t, 3H), 2.8 (q, 2H), 3.79 (s, 3H), 4.35 (q 2H), 6.85 (m, 1H), 6.99-7.03 (m, 2H), 7.05 (m, 2H), 7.08 (m, 1H), MS m/e (M+H)+ 282.1.

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