Pyrazole derivatives are of interest as biologically active compounds. They were the basis of the development of anti-inflammatory and antipyretic medications such as analgin, antipyrine, and butadione [1]. They also show antimicrobial [2-4], antitumor [5][6][7], fungicidal [8], and other forms of biological activity.We have previously studied [9] the reactions of 7-aryl-7H-pyrazolo[3,4-d][1,2,3]triazin-4-ols with phosphorus pentoxide, pentasulfide, and oxychloride which yielded products used in the preparation of pyrazole derivatives.Our work now relates to a study of 7-phenyl-7H-pyrazolo[3,4-d][1,2,3]triazin-4-ol (1) reaction with thionyl chloride with the aim of synthesizing novel pyrazole derivatives. It was found that the reaction of compound 1 with thionyl chloride occurred ambiguously and depended on the reaction conditions. Thus, mixing the reagents at room temperature did not result in a reaction. However, refluxing gave the previously unknown 5-amino-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid chloride 2. Its formation can be represented as an initial chlorination of compound 1 to give the unstable chlorotriazine A (analogously to the literature data [10][11][12][13]). Reaction with water at -5 to 0°C caused cleavage of the C(4)-N(3) and N(1)-N(2) bonds with loss of a nitrogen molecule to give compound 2, which was used in subsequent syntheses without additional purification.