• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.10
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• pp.2915-2920
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• 2013

Convenient synthetic method for 4-arylethylpyrazoles and 4-styrylpyrazoles was developed using ${\alpha}$-alkenyl-${\alpha},{\beta}$-enones readily accessed from the Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction. For the synthesis of 4-arylethylpyrazole, the reactions with arylhydrazines needed to be carried out in o-dichlorobenzene under $N_2$ balloon atmosphere. On the other hand, 4-styrylpyrazoles required the reactions in ethanol under $O_2$ balloon atmosphere.