l-(9-Anthryl)-l,2-dihydro-8,6-pyridazinedione (6b) by rearrangement of 6,ll-dihydro-6,ll-o-benzenopyridazino[l,2-b\phthalazine-l ,4-dione (4b). A solution of 4b, (1.33 g.), glacial acetic acid (50 ml.), and coned, hydrochloric acid (3 ml.) was stirred at room temperature for 4 hr. The yellow precipitate which formed was removed by filtration, and washed with acetic acid and water. It amounted to 1.24 g. (93%) of 6b which was obtained pure, as yellow cubes, m.p. > 300°, after a single crystallization from dimethylformamide-water. In the infrared, 6b exhibited H-stretching absorption (broad, weak, ambiguous) at 2960-2340 cm.-1, acyl absorption at 1661 cm.-1, and intense absorption at 1563 and 1497 cm.-1. In the ultraviolet (0.02 N sodium hydroxide), 6b had Xmax 252 (e 148,000), 333 (« 5300), 348 (e 7800), 365 (« 10,700), and 385 mM (e 9100) and Xmin 226 (e 23,300), 282 (<= 1300), 336 (« 5300), 355 (e 6400), and 375 m/i (e5100). It was soluble in 0.01 N sodium hydroxide.