Reactions of N pyrrolylpotassium with fluorinated electrophiles yielded N substituted pyr roles containing polyfluoroalkyl, polyfluoroalkenyl, polyfluoroalkylsulfonyl, and polyfluoroaryl substituents. N Polyfluoro substituted pyrroles did not isomerize at >100 °C; they were found to be reactive in [4+2] cycloaddition reactions with perfluorobut 2 yne. hexafluoropropylpyrroles) were obtained rather long ago 1,2 by addition of pyrrole to polyfluorinated alkenes at 100 °C in the presence of metallic potassium. In the same studies, 1,2 two examples of the synthesis of N (polyfluoroalkenyl)pyrroles, namely, N (2 chloro difluorovinyl)pyrrole and 2 fluoro 2 phenyl 1,1 dipyr rolylethylene, were reported, although the researchers themselves were doubtful about their structures. 3,4 Di methyl 1 pentafluorophenylpyrrole was obtained by de sulfooxidation of the corresponding thiazine oxide with a solution of alkali in aqueous alcohol and this was the only example of the synthesis of fluorinated arylpyrrole. 3 The goal of the present study was to investigate the preparative possibility of using N pyrrolylpotassium to obtain pyrroles containing polyfluorinated substituents at the N atom. Earlier, 4 N pyrrolylpotassium was prepared by a reaction of pyrrole with solid KOH followed by dry ing. Our attempted synthesis of N substituted pyrroles by reactions of the reagent thus prepared with polyfluoro olefins failed. The major process was mineralization of fluoroolefins by the action of KOH.We found that reactions of chlorotrifluoroethylene and perfluoropropylene with N pyrrolylpotassium (in situ pre pared by dissolution of metallic potassium in an excess of pyrrole (1 : 1.2) in ether) occur even at -60 °C and proceed exothermically to give 2 : 7 and 2 : 5 mixtures of N polyfluoroalkyl and N polyfluoroalkenylpyrroles 1, 2 and 3, 4, respectively. Repeated fractionation of these mixtures allowed individual compounds 1, 3 and 2, 4 to be isolated in low (≤5%) yields (Scheme 1).It should be noted that pyrrole does not react with fluoroolefins in the absence of potassium.N Polyfluoroalkenylpyrroles were selectively obtained with N pyrrolylpotassium dried in vacuo. Reactions of the dispersed N pyrrolylpotassium thus prepared with chloro trifluoroethylene, perfluoropropylene, and perfluoroiso butylene in ether proceed exothermically at -60 °C to give polyfluoroalkenylpyrroles 2, 4, and 5 in satisfactory yields (Scheme 2). The reaction with the most reactive polyfluoroalkene (perfluoroisobutylene) also yielded di substituted olefin 6. Pyrroles 2 and 4 were obtained as mixtures of the geometrical Z,E isomers in the 7 : 5 ratio for compound 2 and of the E,Z isomers in the 8 : 1 ratio for compound 4. Pyrroles 2 and 4 were distilled over dry KOH to remove minor amounts of polyfluoroalkylpyrro les 1 and 3, which can form in the presence of water or pyrrole traces. The Z isomer of compound 2 and the E isomer of compound 4 were dominant (>95%). This follows from the constants of F-F spin spin coupling in the 19 F NMR spectra (J trans = 126.2 and 1...