3-Chloro- and 3-bromo-2-arylpyrroles, which are potential physiologica
lly active compounds in agrochemistry and pharmaceutical sciences, wer
e efficiently prepared from the corresponding 2-aryl-1-pyrrolines by a
lpha,alpha-dihalogenation with N-halosuccinimides and subsequent base-
induced monodehydrohalogenation using sodium methoxide in methanol. (C
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