Synthesis of 3-aryl-5-dichloromethyl-1H-pyrazole-1-carboxamides from 1-aryl-3,4,4-trichlorobut-3-en-1-ones

The reaction of 1-aryl-3,4,4-trichlorobut-3-en-1-ones with semicarbazide hydrochloride in the presence of sodium acetate is accompanied by prototropic allylic rearrangement, leading to the formation of two isomeric products, semicarbazones of the initial ketones and 1-aryl-3,4,4-trichlorobut-2-en-1-one semicarbazones. The latter undergo heterocyclization in the presence of triethylamine to give the corresponding 3-aryl-5-dichloromethyl-1H-pyrazole-1-carboxamides.