A series of 2,5-disubstituted-1H-pyrroles (4-18) has been prepared based on replacement of the amide of sultopride 1 by a pyrrole ring. Subsequent modification of the basic side chain gave compounds with high affinity for the dopamine D-3 receptor. In addition, 12 and 17 were shown to be D-3 antagonists with 30-fold selectivity for the D-3 receptor over the D-2 receptor. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd