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The treatment of alkyl 2-chloroacetoacetate with carbohydrazide, succinic o
r adipic dihydrazide produces the relevant alpha,alpha'-dichlorobishydrazon
es. In the presence of sodium carbonate, these compounds react at room temp
erature with beta-diketones, beta-ketoesters or beta-ketoamides to give ris
e to functionalized 1-carbonylaminopyrrole rings spaced by a variable numbe
r of methylene groups.