NMR spectra and structures of protonated 1-vinylpyrroles

Stable 1-vinylpyrrolium fluorosulfonates were prepared by the reaction of 1-vinylpyrroles with excess HSO₃F at –50°C in CD₂Cl₂ and their ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectra were obtained. Despite its overall positive charge, the pyrrole ring remains an electron donor relative to the vinyl group. Delocalization of the positive charge onto substituents decreases in the order 2-heteroaryl > 2-aryl > 2-alkyl.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 48–57, January, 1993.