Several 2'-phenylphenylacetohydrazides were polylithiated with excess lithium diisopropylamide, and the resulting intermediates were condensed with several aromatic esters to afford C-acylated intermediates that were not usually isolated, but acid cyclized directly to 1,4,5-trisubstituted, 1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-ones.J. Heterocyclic Chem., 38, 695 (2001).While the preparations, reactions, and uses of 1H-pyrazoles and related heterocyclic compounds are well documented [1], investigations involving other pyrazole compounds such as 1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-ones [2,3] have received less investigative attention. For example, a key compound to this report, 1,2-dihydro-1,4,5-triphenyl-3H-pyrazol-3-one 4, has been prepared by: (1) the fusion of 2'-phenylacetohydrazine with ethyl 2-benzoyl-2-phenylacetate [4]; or (2) by the condensation of benzoylphenyl ketene with phenylhydrazine [5]; or (3) by the reaction of diphenylcyclopropenone with excess phenylhydrazine [6]. Several additional and related alkyl, or alkyl-aryl, 1,4,5-trisubstituted, 1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-ones have also been prepared and studied, especially with regard to their biological-health applications or use in other syntheses [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. There is a preference to listing the structures for these molecules as 1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-ones instead of their tautomers, 3-hydroxy-1H-pyrazoles. Both forms have been reported by investigators [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19], which may indicate the differences that exist when the supporting structural data was obtained from a solution, a mull, or a crystalline form of a particular compound.Compound 1, 2'-phenylphenylacetohydrazide, a key starting material used during this study, has been used for the preparation of other pyrazole or pyrazole-related heterocyclic compounds such as methods involving variously substituted N-methyl or N-acylphenylacetohydrazides, or a condensation-cyclization of a probable carbanion resulting from deprotonation with calcium hydride followed by the addition of N, N-dimethylformamide [20-25].In recent investigations with other carbohydrazides, we polylithiated o-toluoylcarboalkoxyhydrazides (2'-(2-methylbenzoyl)hydrazinocarboxylic acid esters) with excess lithium diisopropylamide, and condensed-cyclized the polylithiated intermediates with a variety of aromatic esters. This was followed by acid cyclization of the C-acylated intermediates to afford isocarbostyrils (1(2H)-isoquinolinones) [26].One of our major strong-base multiple anion synthesis efforts has dealt with the preparation of 1H-pyrazoles and related compounds by the utilization of C(α), N-hydrazone (e.g., phenyl, benzoyl, carboalkoxy, etc.) entry compounds that were polylithiated with excess lithium diisopropylamide [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]. The polylithiated intermediates were condensed with a variety of esters and other electrophilic reagents, followed by an acid cyclization of C-acylated intermediates that were not usually isolated. This...