“…Hence, in the early days, the availability of such pyrrole derivatives was severely limited, although syntheses of several relatively stable iodinated pyrroles, for example 2,3,4,5-tetraiodopyrrole [222], as well as some other bromo-or iodopyrroles featuring additional electron-withdrawing substituents were described [223,224]. An early study on the bromination of methyl pyrrole-2-carboxylate and pyrrole-2-carboxaldehyde under various conditions clearly demonstrated that formation of mixtures containing several halogenation products is a common course of many of these reactions, thus illustrating yet another complicating factor [225]. The labile 1-chloropyrrole, generated in 65-72% yield by chlorination of pyrrole with NaOCl, was shown to rearrange readily to give mixtures containing several species, such as 2-choro-and 3-chloropyrrole, when subjected to acidic conditions or heated in methanol [226].…”