“…259 Jahanshahi and Mamaghani in 2019 described the synthesis of a wide range of novel 1H-pyrazolo[1,2-b]phthalazine-5,10-dioness (284) in the presence of acetic acid-functionalized imidazolium salt (1-carboxymethyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium iodide, [cmdmim]I), as a newly synthesized Brønsted acid catalyst. The reaction occurred via tandem Knoevenagel cyclocondensation of PA (1), aromatic aldehydes (19), hydrazine hydrate (56), and 3-(1-methyl-1Hpyrrol-2-yl)-3-oxopropanenitrile (or 3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-3-oxopropanenitrile) (283) in the presence of [cmdmim]I in ethanol under reux conditions (Scheme 108). 260 The reusability of the catalyst was examined in 5 consecutive runs without any appreciable decrease in the activity.…”