“…The starting materials, 1 H ‐pyrazole‐4‐acetic acids 1 , 1a , 1b , 2 , 2a , 2b , 3 , were easily prepared by the condensation reaction of dimethyl and/or diethyl acetylsuccinate with phenylhydrazines, such as phenylhydrazine, 4‐nitrophenylhydrazine, and 4‐methoxyphenyhydrazine hydrochloride, in moderate to good yields according to the procedure for the preparation of 1a [35] and 1b [36,37] reported in literature (Scheme , 1a : 87%, 1b : 88%, 2a : 70%, 2b : 80%, 3a : 75%, and 3b : 86%). The structures of 2a , 2b and 3a , 3b were confirmed by elemental analyses and spectroscopic data (IR, 1 H‐NMR, 13 C‐NMR, and mass).…”