Nitrosation at C‐4 of 1‐n‐alkyl‐3‐methyl‐5‐pyrazolones is achieved in about 50% yield with sodium nitrite in hydrochloric acid medium. A tautomeric equilibrium in solution with a proton moving from the OH at C‐5 to N‐2 in the nitrosated pyrazolones is proposed.
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