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{{Short description|Organic ring compound (C₄H₄NH)}}
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'''Pyrrole''' is a ], ], ], a five-membered ] with the ] {{chem2|C4H4NH}}.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Loudon
| first = Marc G.
| year = 2002
| title = Organic Chemistry
| chapter = Chemistry of Naphthalene and the Aromatic Heterocycles
| edition = 4th
| pages = 1135–1136
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| location = New York
| isbn = 978-0-19-511999-2
}}</ref> It is a colorless volatile liquid that darkens readily upon exposure to air. Substituted derivatives are also called pyrroles, e.g., ''N''-methylpyrrole, {{chem2|C4H4NCH3}}. ], a trisubstituted pyrrole, is the biosynthetic precursor to many natural products such as ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cox |first1=Michael |last2=Lehninger |first2=Albert L. |last3=Nelson |first3=David R. |title=Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry |publisher=Worth Publishers |location=New York |year=2000 |isbn=978-1-57259-153-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/lehningerprincip01lehn }}</ref>

Pyrroles are components of more complex macrocycles, including the ]s and products derived therefrom, including ]s of ], the ]s, bacteriochlorins, and ]s.<ref name="Jonas Jusélius and Dage Sundholm 2000 2145–2151">{{cite journal | title = The aromatic pathways of porphins, chlorins and bacteriochlorins |first1=Jonas |last1=Jusélius |first2=Dage |last2=Sundholm | journal = ] | year = 2000 | volume = 2 | pages = 2145–2151 | doi = 10.1039/b000260g | issue = 10|bibcode=2000PCCP....2.2145J |url=https://zenodo.org/record/900813 }}{{open access}}</ref>

==Properties, structure, bonding==
Pyrrole is a colorless ] liquid that darkens readily upon exposure to air, and is usually purified by ] immediately before use.<ref>{{cite book | title = Purification of Laboratory Chemicals | edition = 5th |last1=Armarego |first1=Wilfred L. F. |last2=Chai |first2=Christina L. L. | year = 2003 | publisher = Elsevier | pages = 346}}</ref> Pyrrole has a nutty odor. Pyrrole is a 5-membered ] heterocycle, like ] and ]. Unlike furan and thiophene, it has a dipole in which the positive end lies on the side of the heteroatom, with a dipole moment of 1.58&nbsp;]. In CDCl<sub>3</sub>, it has chemical shifts at 6.68 (H2, H5) and 6.22 (H3, H4). Pyrrole is an extremely weak base for an amine, with a conjugate acid p''K''<sub>a</sub> of −3.8. The most thermodynamically stable pyrrolium cation (C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>6</sub>N<sup>+</sup>) is formed by protonation at the 2 position. Substitution of pyrrole with alkyl substituents provides a more basic molecule—for example, tetramethylpyrrole has a conjugate acid p''K''<sub>a</sub> of +3.7. Pyrrole is also weakly acidic at the N–H position, with a p''K''<sub>a</sub> of 16.5.
As a hydrogen bonding Lewis acid it is classified as a ] and the ] lists its acid parameters as ''E''<sub>A</sub> = 1.38 and ''C''<sub>A</sub> = 0.68.

Pyrrole has ] character because the ]s of ]s on the nitrogen atom is partially ] into the ring, creating a 4''n''&nbsp;+&nbsp;2 aromatic system (see ]). In terms of its aromaticity, pyrrole's is modest relative to ] but comparable to related heterocycles ] and ]. The ] of benzene, pyrrole, ], and ] are, respectively, 152, 88, 121, and 67 kJ/mol (36, 21, 29, and 16 kcal/mol).<ref>{{March6th|page=62}}</ref> The molecule is flat.

==History==
Pyrrole was first detected by ] in 1834, as a constituent of ].<ref>{{cite journal|first=F. F. |last=Runge |date=1834 |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89048351654;view=1up;seq=81 |title=Ueber einige Produkte der Steinkohlendestillation |trans-title=On some products of coal distillation |journal=Annalen der Physik und Chemie |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=65–78|doi=10.1002/andp.18341070502 |bibcode=1834AnP...107...65R }} {{open access}} See especially pages 67–68, where Runge names the compound ''Pyrrol'' (fire oil) or ''Rothöl'' (red oil).</ref> In 1857, it was isolated from the ]. Its name comes from the Greek ''pyrrhos'' ({{lang|grc|πυρρός}}, "reddish, fiery"), from the reaction used to detect it—the red color that it imparts to wood when moistened with ].<ref name="Ullmann">{{Ullmann|first=Albrecht Ludwig |last=Harreus |title=Pyrrole |doi=10.1002/14356007.a22_453}}</ref>

==Occurrence in nature==
]
Pyrrole itself is not naturally occurring, but many of its derivatives are found in a variety of ] and ]. Common naturally produced molecules containing pyrroles include ], bile pigments like ] and ], and the ] of ], ], ]s, ]s, and porphyrinogens.<ref name="Jonas Jusélius and Dage Sundholm 2000 2145–2151"/> Other pyrrole-containing secondary ]s include PQQ, makaluvamine M, ryanodine, rhazinilam, lamellarin, prodigiosin, myrmicarin, and sceptrin. The syntheses of pyrrole-containing haemin, synthesized by ] was recognized by the Nobel Prize.

Pyrrole is a constituent of tobacco smoke and may contribute to its toxic effects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/pagescm/1003/$File/chemicalconstituentscigarettespriorities.pdf |title=The Chemical Constituents in Cigarettes and Cigarette Smoke: Priorities for Harm Reduction |first1= Jefferson|last1=Fowles |first2=Michael |last2=Bates |first3=Dominique |last3=Noiton |date=March 2000 |publisher= ] |location= Porirua, New Zealand |pages=20, 49–65 |access-date=2012-09-23}}</ref>

==Synthesis==
Pyrrole is prepared industrially by treatment of ] with ] in the presence of solid acid ]s, like ] and ].<ref name="Ullmann"/>

]

Pyrrole can also be formed by catalytic dehydrogenation of pyrrolidine.{{cn|date=September 2023}}

Several syntheses of the pyrrole ring have been described.<ref name="Lubell">{{cite journal|last1=Lubell |first1=W. |last2=Saint-Cyr |first2=D. |last3=Dufour-Gallant |first3=J. |last4=Hopewell |first4=R. |last5=Boutard |first5=N. |last6=Kassem |first6=T. |last7=Dörr |first7=A. |last8=Zelli |first8=R. |url=https://www.thieme.de/en/thieme-chemistry/sos-knowledge-updates-2013-58727.htm |title= 1''H''-Pyrroles (Update 2013) |journal=Science of Synthesis |date=2013 |volume=2013 |issue=1 |pages=157–388}}</ref> Three routes dominate,<ref name=Gil>{{cite book |last1=Gilchrist |first1=Thomas L. |title=Heterocyclic Chemistry |date=1997 |publisher=Longman |location=Liverpool |page=194-196 |edition=3rd}}</ref> but many other methods exist.

===Hantzsch pyrrole synthesis===
{{Main|Hantzsch pyrrole synthesis}}
The Hantzsch pyrrole synthesis is the reaction of β-ketoesters ('''1''') with ammonia (or primary amines) and α-haloketones ('''2''') to give substituted pyrroles ('''3''').<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Hantzsch | first1 = A. | year = 1890 | title = Neue Bildungsweise von Pyrrolderivaten |trans-title=New methods of forming pyrrole derivatives | url = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3481786;view=1up;seq=1484 | journal = Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft | volume = 23 | pages = 1474–1476 | doi=10.1002/cber.189002301243}} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Feist | first1 = Franz | year = 1902 | title = Studien in der Furan- und Pyrrol-Gruppe |trans-title=Studies in the furan and pyrrole groups | url = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112025693646;view=1up;seq=305 | journal = Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft | volume = 35 | issue = 2| pages = 1537–1544 | doi = 10.1002/cber.19020350263}} {{open access}}</ref>

]

===Knorr pyrrole synthesis===
{{Main|Knorr pyrrole synthesis}}
The Knorr pyrrole synthesis involves the reaction of an α-amino ketone or an α-amino-β-ketoester with an activated methylene compound.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1002/cber.18840170220| title = Synthese von Pyrrolderivaten |trans-title=Synthesis of pyrrole derivatives | journal = Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft| volume = 17| issue = 2| pages = 1635–1642| year = 1884| last1 = Knorr | first1 = Ludwig | url = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3481769;view=1up;seq=65 }} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| last=Knorr |first=L. | title = Synthetische Versuche mit dem Acetessigester |trans-title=Synthesis experiments with the ester of acetoacetic acid | journal=Annalen der Chemie | year=1886| volume=236|issue=3 | pages= 290–332 | url = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx3kie;view=1up;seq=702 | doi=10.1002/jlac.18862360303}} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1002/cber.19020350392| title = Ueber die Bildung von Pyrrolderivaten aus Isonitrosoketonen |trans-title=On the formation of pyrrole derivatives from isonitrosketones | journal = Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft| volume = 35| issue = 3| pages = 2998–3008| year = 1902| last1 = Knorr | first1 = L.| last2 = Lange | first2 = H. | url = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3481898;view=1up;seq=470 }} {{open access}}</ref> The method involves the reaction of an α-]] ('''1''') and a compound containing a ] α to (bonded to the next carbon to) a ] ('''2''').<ref>{{cite book|last=Corwin |first=Alsoph Henry |chapter=Chapter 6: The Chemistry of Pyrrole and its Derivatives |editor-first=Robert Cooley |editor-last=Elderfield |title=Heterocyclic Compounds |volume=1 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Wiley |date=1950 |page=287}}</ref>

]

===Paal–Knorr pyrrole synthesis===
{{Main|Paal–Knorr pyrrole synthesis}}
In the Paal–Knorr pyrrole synthesis, a 1,4-dicarbonyl compound reacts with ammonia or a primary amine to form a substituted pyrrole.<ref name="Paal1">{{citation | last=Paal|first= C.| title= Ueber die Derivate des Acetophenonacetessigesters und des Acetonylacetessigesters | journal=Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft| year=1884| volume=17|issue= 2| pages=2756–2767 | url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3481769;view=1up;seq=1188 |doi=10.1002/cber.188401702228}} {{open access}}</ref><ref name="Knorr1">{{citation | last=Knorr|first= Ludwig| title=Synthese von Furfuranderivaten aus dem Diacetbernsteinsäureester |trans-title=Synthesis of furan derivatives from the ester of 2,3-diacetyl-succinic acid | journal=Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft| year=1884| volume=17|issue= 2| pages=2863–2870| url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3481769;view=1up;seq=1295 | doi=10.1002/cber.188401702254}} {{open access}}</ref>

]

====Other methods====
] pyrroles are produced by reaction of ] (TosMIC) with an ] in the presence of base, in a ]. A 5-''endo'' cyclization then forms the 5-membered ring, which reacts to eliminate the tosyl group. The last step is tautomerization to the pyrrole.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}
:]

By the ], an isocyanoacetate reacts with a nitroalkene in a 1,4-addition, followed by 5-''endo''-''dig'' cyclization, elimination of the ], and ]ization.<ref>{{cite book | first=Jie Jack |last=Li | title =Heterocyclic Chemistry in Drug Discovery | publisher =Wiley | location =New York | year =2013 | isbn =9781118354421| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=p_fM6CuK6xcC}}</ref>

]

The starting materials in the Piloty–Robinson pyrrole synthesis, named for ] and ] and ], are two equivalents of an ] and ].<ref>{{cite journal | author-link= Oskar Piloty|last=Piloty |first=Oskar | journal = Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft | year = 1910 | volume = 43 | issue = 1 | pages = 489–498 | doi = 10.1002/cber.19100430182 | title = Synthese von Pyrrolderivaten: Pyrrole aus Succinylobernsteinsäureester, Pyrrole aus Azinen |trans-title=Synthesis of pyrrole derivatives: pyrrole from diethyl succinyl succinate, pyrrole from azines | url = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3481273;view=1up;seq=499 }} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | journal = ] | year = 1918 | volume = 113 | pages = 639–645| doi = 10.1039/CT9181300639 | title = LIV. A new synthesis of tetraphenylpyrrole | last1 = Robinson|first1= Gertrude Maud | last2 = Robinson | first2 = Robert}}</ref> The product is a pyrrole with substituents at the 3 and 4 positions. The aldehyde reacts with the diamine to an intermediate di-] (R−C=N−N=C−R). In the second step, a -] takes place between. Addition of ] leads to ring closure and loss of ] to form the pyrrole. The ] was developed by the Robinsons.

In one modification, ] is treated first with ] and then with ] at high temperatures and assisted by ]:<ref name=milgram>{{cite journal | title = Microwave-Assisted Piloty–Robinson Synthesis of 3,4-Disubstituted Pyrroles |first1=Benjamin C.|last1= Milgram |first2=Katrine|last2= Eskildsen |first3=Steven M.|last3= Richter |first4=W. Robert |last4=Scheidt |first5=Karl A. |last5=Scheidt | journal = ] | year = 2007 | volume = 72 | issue = 10 | pages = 3941–3944 | format = Note | doi = 10.1021/jo070389+| pmid = 17432915 | pmc = 1939979}}</ref>

]

Pyrroles bearing multiple substituents have been obtained from the reaction of ]s and ]s. The reaction mechanism involves ] followed by loss of ] by a retro-] process. Similar reactions can be performed using azalactones.
]

Pyrroles can also be prepared by ]-catalyzed cyclization of alkynes with ], where R<sup>2</sup> is an electron-withdrawing group, and R<sup>1</sup> is an alkane, aryl group, or ester. Examples of disubstituted alkynes have also been seen to form the desired pyrrole in considerable yield. The reaction is proposed to proceed via a silver ] intermediate. This method is analogous to the ] ] used to form azoles.
]

One synthetic route to pyrrole involves the ] of ], the ammonium salt of ]. The salt is typically heated in a ] setup with ] as a ].<ref>{{cite book|title=Practical Organic Chemistry |last=Vogel |date=1956 |page=837 |url=http://www.sciencemadness.org/library/books/vogel_practical_ochem_3.pdf}}</ref>

]

==Biosynthesis==
The biosynthesis of pyrrole rings begins with ] (ALA), which is synthesized from ] and ]. ALA dehydratase catalyzes the condensation of two ALA molecules via a ] ring synthesis to form ] (PBG). This later reacts to form, for example, the macrocycles ] and ].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Walsh|first1=Christopher T.|last2=Garneau-Tsodikova |first2=Sylvie|author2-link= Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova |last3=Howard-Jones |first3=Annaleise R. |title=Biological formation of pyrroles: Nature's logic and enzymatic machinery|journal=Natural Product Reports|volume=23|issue=4|pages=517–531|doi=10.1039/b605245m|year=2006|pmid=16874387}}</ref>
].

] is ] derived from the amino acid <small>L</small>-]. ] is first formed by ] (ATP-dependent) and ] (which requires NADH or NADPH). This can then either spontaneously cyclize to form ], which is reduced to proline by ] (using NADH or NADPH), or turned into ] by ], followed by cyclisation by ] to form proline.<ref>{{Lehninger3rd}}.</ref>

]ic structure of both proline enantiomers: (''S'')-proline (left) and (''R'')-proline]]

Proline can be used as precursor of aromatic pyrroles in secondary natural products, as in prodigiosins. ]
The biosynthesis of Prodigiosin<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Walsh | first1 = C. T. | last2 = Garneau-Tsodikova | first2 = S. | last3 = Howard-Jones | first3 = A. R. | year = 2006 | title = Biological formation of pyrroles: Nature's logic and enzymatic machinery | journal = Nat. Prod. Rep. | volume = 23 | issue = 4 | pages = 517–531 | doi = 10.1039/b605245m | pmid = 16874387 }}</ref><ref name=Hu>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00024 | volume=116 | title=Structure, Chemical Synthesis, and Biosynthesis of Prodiginine Natural Products | year=2016 | journal=Chemical Reviews | pages=7818–7853 | last1 = Hu | first1 = Dennis X. | issue=14 | pmid=27314508 | pmc=5555159}}</ref> involves the convergent coupling of three pyrrole type rings (labeled A, B, and C in figure 1) from <small>L</small>-proline, <small>L</small>-serine, <small>L</small>-methionine, pyruvate, and 2-octenal.

Ring A is synthesized from <small>L</small>-proline through the nonribosomal peptide synthase (NRPS) pathway (figure 2), wherein the pyrrolidine ring of proline is oxidized twice through FAD<sup>+</sup> to yield pyrrole ring A.

]

Ring A is then expanded via the polyketide synthase pathway to incorporate <small>L</small>-serine into ring B (figure 3). Ring A fragment is transferred from the peptidyl carrier protein (PCP) to the Acyl Carrier Protein (ACP) by a KS domain, followed by transfer to malonyl-ACP via decarboxylative Claisen condensation. This fragment is then able to react with the masked carbanion formed from the PLP mediated decarboxylation of <small>L</small>-serine, which cyclizes in a dehydration reaction to yield the second pyrrole ring. This intermediate is then modified by methylation (which incorporates a methyl group from <small>L</small>-methionine onto the alcohol at the 6 position) and oxidation of the primary alcohol to the aldehyde to yield the core A–B ring structures.

]

==Reactions and reactivity==
Due to its ], pyrrole is difficult to ], does not easily react as a ] in ] reactions, and does not undergo usual ] reactions. Its reactivity is similar to that of ] and ], in that it is easy to alkylate and acylate. Under acidic conditions, pyrroles ] easily to ],<ref>{{cite book|editor1=Wang Jitao |editor2=Zhang Baoshen |editor3=Wang Yongmei |editor4=Hu Qingmei |year=2003|script-title=zh:有机化学|lang=zh|trans-title=Organic Chemistry|edition=2nd|publisher=Tianjin Nankai University|isbn=978-7-310-00620-5}}</ref> and thus many ] reagents that are used in benzene chemistry are not applicable to pyrroles. In contrast, substituted pyrroles (including ] pyrroles) have been used in a broad range of transformations.<ref name="Lubell"/>

===Reaction of pyrrole with electrophiles===
Pyrroles generally react with electrophiles at the α position (C2 or C5), due to the highest degree of stability of the protonated intermediate. ] Pyrroles react easily with ] (e.g. ]/]), ] (]), and ]ating (e.g. ], ], ], ], and ]/]) agents.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|entry=Pyrrol|encyclopedia=Römpp Lexikon Chemie|trans-title=Römpp's Chemical Lexicon|publisher=Thieme|lang=de}}</ref> Halogenation generally provides polyhalogenated pyrroles, but monohalogenation can be performed. As is typical for electrophilic additions to pyrroles, halogenation generally occurs at the 2-position, but can also occur at the 3-position by silation of the nitrogen. This is a useful method for further functionalization of the generally less reactive 3-position.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}

====Acylation====
] generally occurs at the 2-position, through the use of various methods. Acylation with ]s and ]s can occur with or without a catalyst.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.15227/orgsyn.051.0100 |title=Ethyl Pyrrole-2-Carboxylate |journal=Organic Syntheses |date=1971 |volume=51 |page=100|first1=Denis M.|last1=Bailey|first2=Robert E.|last2=Johnson|first3=Noel F.|last3=Albertson }}</ref> 2-Acylpyrroles are also obtained from reaction with nitriles, by the ]. Pyrrole aldehydes can be formed by a ].<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.15227/orgsyn.036.0074 |title=2-Pyrrolealdehyde |journal=Organic Syntheses |date=1956 |volume=36 |page=74|first1=Robert M.|last1=Silverstein|first2=Edward E.|last2=Ryskiewicz|first3=Constance|last3=Willard
}}</ref>
]

===Reaction of deprotonated pyrrole===
The NH proton in pyrroles is moderately acidic with a ] of 17.5.<ref>{{cite book|first1=C.&nbsp;W.|last1=Bird|first2=G.&nbsp;W.&nbsp;H.|last2=Cheeseman|title=Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080965192000527|publisher=Pergamon|year=1984|pages=39–88|isbn=978-0-08-096519-2|postscript=None}}, although note that {{cite journal|doi=10.1016/S0040-4020(01)89212-7|journal=Tetrahedron|volume=45|issue=23|pages=7501–7504|year=1989|publisher=Pergamon|location=Great Britain|title=The acid-base properties of pyrrole and its benzologs indole and carbazole: a re-examination from the excess acidity method|first1=M.|last1=Balón|first2=M.&nbsp;C.|last2=Carmona|first3=M.&nbsp;A.|last3=Muñoz|first4=J.|last4=Hidalgo|postscript=None}} suggests that figure's revision to 17.3.</ref> Pyrrole can be deprotonated with strong bases such as ] and ].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Heinz-Gerhard|last1=Franck|first2=Jürgen&nbsp;Walter|last2=Stadelhofer|title=Industrielle Aromatenchemie: Rohstoffe, Verfahren, Produkte|trans-title=Industrial Chemistry of the Aromatics: Raw materials, processes, products|lang=de|publisher=Springer|location=Berlin|year=1987|isbn=978-3-662-07876-1|pages=403–404}}</ref> The resulting alkali pyrrolide is ]. Treating this conjugate base with an electrophile such as ] gives ''N''-methylpyrrole.

''N''-Metalated pyrrole can react with electrophiles at the N or C positions, depending on the coordinating metal. More ionic nitrogen–metal bonds (such as with lithium, sodium, and potassium) and more solvating solvents lead to ''N''-alkylation. Nitrophilic metals, such as MgX, lead to alkylation at C (mainly C2), due to a higher degree of coordination to the nitrogen atom. In the cases of ''N''-substituted pyrroles, metalation of the carbons is more facile. Alkyl groups can be introduced as electrophiles, or by cross-coupling reactions.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} ]

Substitution at C3 can be achieved through the use of ''N''-substituted 3-bromopyrrole, which can be synthesized by bromination of ''N''-silylpyrrole with ].{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}

===Reductions===
Pyrroles can undergo reductions to ] and to ].<ref>{{cite book|author=Lyastukhin, Voronov |year=2006|script-title=uk:Органічна хімія|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9667022196|lang=uk|trans-title=Organic Chemistry|pages=781–782|isbn=966-7022-19-6}}</ref> For example, ] of pyrrole esters and amides produced pyrrolines, with the regioselectivity depending on the position of the electron-withdrawing group.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}

===Cyclization reactions===
Pyrroles with ''N''-substitution can undergo ] reactions such as -, -, and -cyclizations. Diels-Alder cyclizations can occur with the pyrrole acting as a diene, especially in the presence of an electron-withdrawing group on the nitrogen. Vinylpyrroles can also act as dienes.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} ]

Pyrroles can react with ]s, such as ], in a -cycloaddition. With ], a dichlorocyclopropane intermediate is formed, which breaks down to form ] (the Ciamician–Dennstedt rearrangement).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ciamician |first1=G. L. |last2=Dennstedt |first2=M. |title=Ueber die Einwirkung des Chloroforms auf die Kaliumverbindung Pyrrols |trans-title=On the reaction of chloroform with the potassium compound of pyrrole |journal=Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft |volume=14 |pages=1153–1162 |date=1881 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.cl1hza;view=1up;seq=1223 |doi=10.1002/cber.188101401240}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Corwin |first=Alsoph Henry |editor-first=Robert Cooley |editor-last=Elderfield |title=Heterocyclic Compounds |volume=1 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Wiley |date=1950 |page=309}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Mosher|first=H. S. |editor-first=Robert Cooley |editor-last=Elderfield |title=Heterocyclic Compounds |volume=1 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Wiley |date=1950 |page=475}}</ref> ]

==Commercial uses==
Polypyrrole is of some commercial value. ''N''-Methylpyrrole is a precursor to ''N''-methylpyrrolecarboxylic acid, a building-block in pharmaceutical chemistry.<ref name="Ullmann" /> Pyrroles are also found in several drugs, including ], ], and ]. Pyrroles are used as lightfast red, scarlet, and carmine pigments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dyes-pigments.standardcon.com/dpp-pigments.html|title=DPP Pigments,Diketopyrrolopyrrole Pigments,DPP Pigments Wholesaler,Diketopyrrolopyrrole Pigments Suppliers|website=dyes-pigments.standardcon.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Kaur, Matinder|author2=Choi, Dong Hoon|title= Diketopyrrolopyrrole: brilliant red pigment dye-based fluorescent probes and their applications|journal=Chemical Society Reviews|year=2015|pages=58–77|volume=44|issue=1|doi=10.1039/C4CS00248B|pmid=25186723}}</ref>

==Analogs and derivatives==
]s of pyrrole include:
* ], a partially saturated analog with one double bond
* ], the saturated hydrogenated analog

Derivatives of pyrrole include ], a derivative with a fused ] ring.

==See also==
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* ]s
* ]
* ]
* ]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Jones|editor1-first=R. Jones|title=Pyrroles. Part I. The Synthesis and the Physical and Chemical Aspects of the Pyrrole Ring|journal=Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas|series=The Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds|volume=48|issue=7–8|pages=351|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=Chichester|year=1990|isbn=978-0-471-62753-1|doi=10.1002/recl.19911100712}}
* {{cite journal | doi = 10.1016/j.tet.2006.08.071 | title = Pyrrole protection | year = 2006 | last1 = Jolicoeur | first1 = Benoit | last2 = Chapman | first2 = Erin E. | last3 = Thompson | first3 = Alison | last4 = Lubell | first4 = William D. | journal = Tetrahedron | volume = 62 | issue = 50 | pages = 11531–11563}}

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