Substituted bicyclic 1-halogeno-1-cyclopropanecarboxylates have been prepared by elimination of molecular nitrogen from 4-halogeno-7-aryl-1-methyl-2,3,7-triazabicylo[3.3.0]oct-2-en-4-carboxylates, which were obtained by the reaction of 7-aryl-1-methyl-2,3,7-triazabicyclo[3.3.0]oct-3-encarboxylates with halogens (Cl 2 , Br 2 ).The most general methods of synthesis of 1-halogeno-1-cyclopropanecarboxylates are lithiation of gem-dihalogencyclopropanes by RLi with formation of 1-halogeno-1-lithiocyclopropanes and their subsequent interaction with carbon dioxide, 1 the reactions of diazocompounds with esters of substituted α-halogenoacrylic acids, 2 and also the reactions of esters of diazohalogenoacetic acids with unsaturated compounds. 3 In this present work 1-halogeno-1-cyclopropanecarboxylates have been prepared by thermal removal of nitrogen from pyrazolines, known to be a rather convenient method of synthesis of cyclopropanes. 4On reaction of 7-aryl-1-methyl-6,8-dioxo-2,3,7-triazabicyclo[3.3.0]oct-3-en-4-carboxylates 1a-g 5 with chlorine in chloroform at 0°C, esters of 7-aryl-1-methyl-4-chloro-6,8-dioxo-2,3,7-triazabicyclo[3.3.0]oct-2-en-4-carboxylates 2a-g were formed as a mixture of endo-and exo-isomers in 69-84% yield (endo/exo-ratio -8:1) (Table).Heating of esters 2a-g in vacuo at 120°C led to the extrusion of nitrogen and the formation of esters of 1-chlorocyclopropanecarboxylic acids 3a-g. It is important to note, that thermolysis of endo-isomers 2a-d resulted only in endo-isomers 3a-d, while on heating for the same time the exo-isomer 2a-d formed a mixture of endo-and exoisomers 3a-d. Reaction of the pyrazolines 1h,j,m 5 with chlorine at 0°C in 1,2-dichloroethane resulted directly in esters of 1-chlorocyclopropanecarboxylic of acids 3n-p with an endo-configuration in yield 88-94% (Table).On reaction of ester 1a with bromine in chloroform at 60°C a bromopyrazoline 2h was obtained with a yield of 36%. In all probability, this had an exo-configuration; thermolysis of this in vacuo at 120°C resulted in the formation an ester 3h as a mixture of exo-and endo-isomers in the ratio 3.1:1 Reaction of pyrazolines 1h-l with bromine in glacial acetic acid at 70°C resulted directly in 1-bromocyclopropanecarboxylates 3i-m in 63-81% yield as a mixture of endo-and exo-isomers. Table Compounds 2 and 3 preparedTypical experimental procedures were as follows: Ethyl 7-p-tolyl-1-methyl-4-chloro-6,8-dioxo-2,3,7-triazabicyclo[3.3.0]oct-2-en-4-endo-carboxylate (2a). Into a solution (0.35 g, 1.1 mmol) of ester 1a in of dry chloroform (30 ml) at 0°C was passed a stream of dry chlorine till saturation (excess, during 1 min). Chloroform was evaporated in vacuo at room temperature, and the residue (mixture endo/exo as 8:1) was crystallized from methanol to give ester endo2a; yield 0.27 g (69%), mp 98-99°C (dec.). 1 H NMR(300 MHz) δ: endo-2a -1.42 (t, 3H, J = 7 Hz), 2.01 (s 3H), 2.40 (s, 3H), 3.74 (s, 1H), 4.42 (q, 2H, J = 7 Hz), 7.15 (d, 2H, J = 8 Hz), 7.28 (d, 2H, J = 8 Hz); signals of exo-2a -3.43 (s, 1H), 3.88 (s, 3H), other signals...