Heteroelectrocyclic reaction of 4‐azido‐3‐hydrazonoalkyl‐quinolines to 2‐arylaminopyrazolo[4,3‐c]quinolones

4‐Azido‐3‐acylquinolones 4 obtained from 4‐hydroxy derivatives 1 via tosylates 3 or chlorides 5, reacted with arylhydrazines 6 to generate 4‐azido‐3‐hydrazonoalkylquinolines 7. Thermolysis of 7 gave ring closure products which were assigned to 2‐arylaminopyrazolo4,3‐c]quinolones 10. The thermal decomposition conditions of the azides 4 and 7 were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).