“…Owing to the electron-withdrawing effect of substituent groups bonded to the pyrazole ring, some N-amino nitropyrazoles, such as 1-amino-3,5-dinitropyrazole ( 5) and 1-amino-3,4-dinitro-5-cyanopyrazole (7), failed to undergo Mannich reactions with trinitroethanol. Fully substituted nitropyrazoles including 1-amino-3,4-dinitro-5-azidopyrazole (8) and 1,4-diamino-3,5-dinitropyrazole (9) reacted readily with trinitroethanol to produce the corresponding N-trinitroethylamino pyrazoles (10 and 11). Additionally, trinitroethylation of 4 and of 1-amino-3,4-dinitro pyrazole (6) gave 12 and 13 as well (Scheme 3).…”