benzylpyrrole

English

Etymology

benzyl +‎ pyrrole

Noun

benzylpyrrole (plural benzylpyrroles)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric benzyl derivatives of pyrrole N-benzylpyrrole, 2-benzylpyrrole or 3-benzylpyrrole

   Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich

   N-substituted pyrroles are much less reactive than the other 5-membered 1,3-dienes; no reaction was observed between N-(trimethylsilyl) pyrrole or N-benzylpyrrole with Smith’s diene (4) under thermal or high pressure (4 days at 14 kbar) conditions, even in the presence of Lewis acids.