Abstract Treatment of 1,(3)-(di) substituted 4-benzoyl-5-hydroxypyrazoles with phosphorus oxychloride affords the corresponding 4-benzoyl-5-chloropyrazoles. Reaction of the latter with hydroxylamine leads to oximes, which can be cyclized to novel 3-phenyl-6H-pyrazolo [4, 3-d] isoxazoles by treatment with sodium hydride in dimethyl formamide. Detailed nmr spectroscopic studies (1 H, 13 C) with all obtained compounds are presented.
