Synthesis of 3-aryl-5-methylpyrrolidino[1,2 b]pyrazoles

The sequential conversion of 5-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-oxo-3-arylpyrrolidino [1,2-b]pyrazoles to 5-methyl-5-chloro4-oxo-, 4-hydroxy-5-methyl-5-chloro-, and 5-methyl-4-oxo-3-arylpyrrolidino[1,2-b]pyrazoles and the HuangMinlon reduction of the last afforded 3-aryl-5-methylpyrrolidino[1,2-b]pyrazoles.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 49–51, January, 1994.