The product obtained by treating the diazoacetylpyrazolines I1 and I11 with warm acetic acid or the intermediate bicyclic ketone VI1 with very dilute mineral acid or alkali is an orange- colored, feebly acidic compound with absorption maxima of, respectively, decreasing intensities at 235, 312 and 403 mp, and infrared absorptions at 3.05 and 6.05 p. These spectra require a rather highly conjugated unsaturated carbonyl system which could not ...