New N-alkyl(aryl)-2,4-diaryl-1H-pyrrol-3-ol derivatives have been synthesized in moderate to good yields in a novel and efficient process by aldol reaction of 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)propan-2-ones with phenylglyoxal in the presence of DABCO in water, followed by PaalKnorr reaction with amines in the presence of a catalytic amount of p-TSA in toluene at reflux.Pyrroles are important heterocycles widely used in material science (for recent work, see [1]) and found in naturally occurring and biologically important molecules [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Pyrroles can be found in a large range of natural products [9] and bioactive molecules [10][11][12][13][14], including the blockbuster drug Atorvastatin calcium [10], as well as important anti-inflammatory agents [11], antitumor agents [12], and immunosuppressants [13]. Accordingly, substantial attention has been paid to develop efficient methods for the synthesis of pyrroles [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][15][16][17].One of the most common approaches to pyrrole synthesis is the PaalKnorr reaction in which 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds are converted to pyrroles via acid-mediated dehydrative cyclization in the presence of a primary amine [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. In this reaction, the 1,4-dicarbonyl compound provides the four carbons of the pyrrole with their substituents, whereas the amine provides the nitrogen with its substituent. The main limitations to intensive use of this reaction are the harsh reaction conditions required for cyclization (use of boiling acetic acid for extended times) and the low availability of nonsymmetrically substituted 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds. The classical approach to this class of products is the condensation of enolates with phenacyl bromides [31], thus limiting the method to pyrroles with aryl substituents. Alternative approaches need several reaction steps with chromatographic separations to obtain the intermediates for cyclization. Therefore, mild reaction conditions that can overcome some of the shortcomings of the previous methods are necessary.In this paper, we describe a simple method for synthesis of new N-alkyl(aryl)-2,4-diaryl-1H-pyrrol-3-ol derivatives via aldol reaction of 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)propan-2-one with phenylglyoxal in the presence of a catalytic amount of 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) in water at room temperature, followed by