Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... 5-Arylpyrrole-2-carboxylic acids are prepared by DDQ oxidative aromatization of the corresponding ethyl 2-aryl-Δ 1 -pyrroline-5-carboxylate followed by basic hydrolysis. ... Ethyl N-BOC pyroglutamate 1 undergoes ring opening with aryl Grignard reagents togive after deprotection ethyl ...