Abstract: The reaction of alkyl or aryl hydrazine hydrochlorides with 4-cyano-3- oxotetrahydrothiophene (1) in refluxing ethanol afforded, in a regioselective manner, the corresponding 2-alkyl-or 2-aryl-3-aminothieno [3, 4-c] pyrazoles 3a–l with good yields. As representative examples, the compounds 3a, 3e, and 3k, after standard acetylation procedure, have been efficiently converted into the corresponding sulfolenes 6a, 6e, and ...