Summary. I n contrast t o butyllithium, cthyln~agncjiuni-broinide reacts with l-phenylpyrazole exclusively by deprotonation, a t the ortho position of the phenyl-ring. With nitriles the intermediate 2-(l-pyrazolyl)-phenylmagnesiumbromide gave good to excellent yields of L ( 2 -aroyl or 2-hetaroyl-pheny1)-pyrazoles (Table 1. compounds 5a-5 i) ; with ketones the corresponding methanol derivatives (Table 2, compounds 6a-6c) were found, whilst CO, yielded the corresponding 1-(2-cnrboxyphenyl)-pyrazole (3). Surprisingly enough, 1-(o-bromo-pheny1)-pyrazolc and magnesium did not yield a single product, but a mixture of 3 compounds, which on reaction with 4-benzoylpyridine gave the three alcohols 19, 20 and 21.