Treatment of 3,4-dimethylpyrrole with 6N-hydrochloric acid in the cold for a short time gives a dimer which is formulated as 3,4-dimethyl-2-(3,4-dimethyl-3-pyrrolin-2-yl)pyrrole (II). The reaction is reversible. This appears to be the first example of an acid-catalysed pyrrole self-condensation where it is necessary to envisage an α-protonated (as opposed to a β-protonated) pyrrole as a reactant.
C. O. Bender and R. Bonnett, J. Chem. Soc. C, 1968, 2526 DOI: 10.1039/J39680002526
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