“…MeCN (99.9%, for HPLC), EtOH (95%, for analysis), water (for analysis), toluene (99+%, extra pure), EtOAc (99+%, extra pure), NH 4 SCN ( 2 ) (99+%, extra pure), KSCN (98%, pure), NaSCN (98%, extra pure), NaClO 4 (98%, extra pure), Na 2 SO 4 (99%, extra pure, anhydrous), HCl (32% solution in water, for analysis,), H 2 SO 4 (96% solution in water, for analysis,), AcOH (99.6%, for analysis), 1,1,3,3-tetraethoxypropane (97%) ( 4a ), 2,4-pentanedione (99+%) ( 4b ), 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,4-pentanedione (98%) ( 4e ), 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-phenyl-1,3-butanedione (99%) ( 4g ), 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(2-thienyl)-1,3-butanedione (99%) ( 4h ) (Acros Organics, Geel, Belgium) were used as purchased. 3-Methyl-1 H -pyrazol-5-amine ( 1a ), 3-cyclopropyl-1 H -pyrazol-5-amine ( 1b ), 1,1,1-trichloro-4-ethoxybut-3-en-2-one ( 4c ), 4-ethoxy-1,1,1-trifluorobut-3-en-2-one ( 4d ), 1-cyclopropyl-4,4,4-trifluorobutane-1,3-dione ( 4f ) were prepared using reported [ 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 ] procedures. More spectral data can be found at Supplementary Materials section.…”