“…This selective and fast procedure, involving an excess of hydrazine hydrate in refluxing ethanol, was applied to a wide variety of 2-substituted chromones 97 to afford several 3(5)-(2-hydroxyaryl)-5(3)-substituted pyrazoles 98 . The substitution at carbon C-2 of the chromone unit can include polyfluoroalkyl [ 62 , 63 ], 1-isopropyl-1 H -indazol-3-yl [ 64 ], 4-(allyloxy)-3-methoxyphenyl-1-yl [ 65 ], 4-chloro-3,4-difluorophenyl-1-yl [ 66 ], 1-aryl-3-(benzofuran-2-yl/naphthalen-3-yl/phenyl/pyridin-3/4-yl, thiophen-2-yl/3-bromothiophen-2-yl)pyrazol-4-yl [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 ], 1-methyl-3-propyl-4-substituted pyrazol-5-yl [ 8 ], 2-(3-methylthiophen-2-yl)-1,3-thiazol-5-yl [ 71 ] substituents (step (i), Scheme 31 ). Using a 5-methyl-3-phenylisoxazol-4-yl group as C-2 substituent, the reaction occurs in the presence of glacial acetic acid to afford 3(5)-(2-hydroxyaryl)-5(3)-(5-methyl-3-phenylisoxazol-4-yl)-1 H -pyrazoles, in good yields (59–83%) (step (ii), Scheme 31 ) [ 72 ].…”