We prove the semiclassical character of some sequences of orthogonal polynomials, say {P n }, {R n }, related through relations of the following type: N k=0 ζ n,k R (α) n+i−k = M k=0 ξ n,k P n+j−k , where i, j, M, N, α are non-negative integers, ζ n,k , ξ n,k are complex numbers, and R (α) denotes the α-derivative of R. The case M = j = 0, α = 2, i = 2 is studied for a pair of orthogonal polynomials whose corresponding orthogonality measures are coherent. The relation s k=0 ξ n,k P n+s−k = s+2 k=0 ζ n,k P ′ n+s+1−k is shown to give a characterization for the semiclassical character of {P n }.