The cycloaddition of nitrilimines with 1,2-dibenzoylethylenes gave an unexpected 1,3-diaryl-4-benzoylpyrazole and benzoic acid, along with an expected cycloadduct, 1,3-diaryl-4,5-dibenzoyl-2-pyrazoline, and its dehydrogenated product, 1,3-diaryl-4,5-dibenzoylpyrazole. The elimination of the benzoyl group from the pyrazoline followed by dehydrogenation was shown to be the course of the unusual reaction
practical protocol for the synthesis of fully substituted pyrazoles from pyridinium 1,4-zwitterionic thiolates and hydrazonoyl chlorides in excellent yields under mild conditions is described. The transformation proceeds via an unusual [[3 + 3] - 1] pathway, which involves a formal [3 + 3] cascade cyclization followed by a spontaneous ring-contraction/sulfur extrusion reactionfrom 4H-1,3,4-thiadiazine intermediates