Synthesis of C-vinylpyrroles

The latest advances in the synthesis of C-vinylpyrroles are generalised and systematised. Methods for the synthesis based on reactions of acylpyrroles and dicarbonyl compounds or their synthetic equivalents are still of most importance. New promising methods for the synthesis of C-vinylpyrroles are considered, among them the reactions of alkenyl ketone oximes with acetylene in the KOH–DMSO system and base-catalysed condensation of pyrrolecarbodithioates, which have recently become available, with CH-acids. The bibliography includes 195 references.