A reexamination of the sodium borohydride and palladium-charcoal reduction of 3-methyl-4-(o-nitrobenzylidene)-1-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one (3a) has revealed that the final product is 3-methyl-4-(o-aminobenzyl)-1-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one (Sa), and not 9-hydroxy-3-methyl3a,4,9,9a-tetrahydro-1 H-pyrazolo[3,4-blquinoline as claimed previously. Reduction of 3a to 5a proceeds via the 4-(0-nitrobenzyl) compound. Chemical and physical properties of 5a are described which support the assignment of this revised structure to the reduction product of 3a. Two analogs of 3a were also reduced in the same manner and yielded products analogous to 5a and not the previously claimed pyrazolo[3,4-blquinolines.RONALD T. COU'ITS et ABDEL-MONAEM EL-HAWARI. Can. J. Chem. 53,3637 (1975).Un reexamen de la reduction, par le borohydrure de sodium et le palladium sur charbon, de la methyl-3 (0-nitrobenzy1idene)-4 phtnyl-1 pyrazoline-2 one-5 (3a) revele que le produit final est la methyl-3 (0-aminobenzy1)-4 phenyl-1 pyrazoline-2 one-5 (5a) et non pas l'hydroxy-9 methyl-3 tetrahydro-3a,4,9,9a 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinoleine tel qu'il avait ete pretendu anterieurement. La reduction de 3a en 5a se produit par l'intermediaire du compose (o-nitrobenzy1)-4. Les proprittes chimiques et physiques de 5a sont en accord avec la structure revisie du produit de reduction de 3a. On a aussi reduit de la m&me maniere deux analogues de 3a; ils conduisent aussi a des produits analogues a 5a et non pas aux pyrazolo[3,4-b1quinolCines proposkes anterieurement.[Traduit par le journal] Narang et al.(1) first claimed that one product of the reduction of 3-methyl-4-(0-nitrobenzylidene)-1-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one (la) by aluminum amalgam, zinc and acetic acid, or alcoholic hydrochloric acid, was a cyclic hydroxylamine, namely 9-hydroxy-3-methyl-3a,4,9,9a-tetrahydro-1 H-pyrazolo[3,4-blquinoline, 2a. The same product was the major one obtained by us (2) when l a was reduced with sodium borohvdride and palladium-charcoal or with cyclohexene and palladium-charcoal. We also concluded that other N-hydroxypyrazolo[3,4-blquinolines (2b-2e), together with unidentified reduced products, were formed when the appropriate pyrazolones (16-le) were similarly reduced. We now report that some of our previous conclusions (2) were erroneous. A more detailed investigation of the reduction of three pyrazolones (la-lc) is now described and the major products correctly identified. Structures of previously unidentified products have also been deduced. Chemical proper-'A previous study (2) is considered to be part I of the series.ties of the products of reduction of pyrazolones (la-lc) are also described.Initially the (0-nitrobenzylidene)pyrazolones (la-lc) were reduced by the previously reported method (2) except that methanol was used as solvent instead of an ethanol-methanol mixture. The same products were isolated, i.e. the major amphoteric compounds which were claimed to be the 9-hydroxypyrazolo[3,4-blquinolines (2a-2c), and the minor ones which had been left unidentified. However, due to som...