“…Chlorination of 199 with two equivalents of SO 2 Cl 2 in chloroform gives the corresponding 4,5-dichloro derivative, which may be subsequently iodinated at C3 using iodine in the presence of silver trifluoroacetate to provide methyl 4,5-dichloro-3-iodopyrrole-2-carboxylate, a useful partner for regioselective Suzuki reactions (Section 4.5.11) [307]. Pyrrole-2-carbonitrile, which is readily available by treatment of pyrrole with chlorosulfonyl isocyanate followed by warming in DMF [308], displays similar reactivity, affording 4-substituted pyrrole-2-carbonitriles [308,309]. Likewise, ethyl pyrrole-2-thiolcarboxylate (208) (readily prepared by the action of ethyl chlorothiolformate on pyrrolyl magnesium halides) also takes part in electrophilic substitution reactions, providing good yields of 2,4-disubstituted pyrroles, for example 209.…”