“…Both tetrahydropyrano[2,3- c ]pyrazole ( II ) and its analogue ( III ) serve as fungicides . In this regard, several catalytic asymmetric reactions of pyrazolones with different Michael acceptors, such as nitro-alkenes, carbonyl compounds, maleimides, and isatylidene malononitriles, were developed in the past few years, affording various optically active pyrazolone derivatives. Among them, organocatalysts proved to be very powerful and versatile catalysts for achieving these transformations, albeit with its relatively large catalyst loading.…”