“…The 1-protonated salts of (Al) (X = NMe 2 ) are intermediates of the Vilsmeier-Haack formylation of pyrrole (see p. 152) and, ö although it is possible to observe the formation of the base in solution by neutralization of the salt with triethylamine, any attempt to isolate the base results in 1,3-dipolar dimerization to give the bispyrrolo[l,2-a] [l',2'-c/]pyrazine (A10) (8 13) (cf. (20) The 6-dimethylamino group is also displaced by carbanions to yield 2-pyrrylethenes (A16), (20) whereas A16 R 1 = CN or C0 2 Et reaction of (All) with thiophenol leads to the displacement of both the 6-dimethylamino and the 2-halogeno groups, possibly through the formation of a 6-thiophenyl-l-azafulvene, which is hydrolyzed to (A 17) under the work-up conditions. The isolation of the 2-halogeno-3,4-dialkyl derivative (All) (X = Cl or Br; R = alkyl), and of 2,3-dichloro-4-(3-chloro-2-nitrophenyl)-6-dimethylamino-1-azafulvene, however, has been reported.…”