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Abstract The Mannich reaction of pyrrole with ethylenediamine dihydrochloride and formaldehyde gave two compounds: N1,N1,N2,N2-tetrakis(pyrrol-2-ylmethyl)ethane-1,2-diamine 1 and 1,3-bis(pyrrol-2-ylmethyl)imidazolidine 2 in poor yields. Conversely, the reaction of pyrrole with propylenediamine dihydrochloride afforded macrocyclic compound 3 containing two pyrrole rings bridged by two dimethylenehexahydropyrimidine moieties in 50% yield. The reaction of 2,5-dimethylpyrrole with methylamine hydrochloride and formaldehyde gave novel bicycle 4 consisting of a dimethyltetrahydro-1,3-diazepine ring fused with a 2,5-dimethylpyrrole ring. The reaction of 2,5-dimethylpyrrole with ammonium chloride gave the tripodal ligand tris(2,5-dimethylpyrrol-3-yl)methylamine 5 in 62% yield. The structures of 2–4 were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies.