New chiral pyrazoles, (4R, 7R)-4-methyl-7-isopropyl-3-phenyl-(3-phenyli s omenthopyrazole; c i s -1) , (4R,7S)-4-methyl-7-isopropyl-(l-menthopyrazole; trans-2), (4R,7R)-4-isopropyl-7-methyl-(isocarvomenthopyrazole, c i s-3) and (4R, 7S) -4 -i s o p r o p y l -7 -m e t h y l -4 , 5 , 6 , 7 -t e t r a h y d r o -1H-indazole (carvomenthopyrazole, trans-3) were prepared. The diastereomeric pairs of these 1-3 were structurally characterized by NMR spectroscopy. The subtle differences of structures of 1-3 should induce the useful effects for a chiral auxiliary or a chiral catalyst. , 7 -t e t r a h y d r o -1H-indazole (3-phenyl-l -m e n t h o p y r azole; trans-1) as a chiral auxiliary [1]. This auxiliary is easily prepared from commercially available l-menthone in good yield with high optical purity, and has unique structure and properties relative to the conventional chiral auxiliaries [2]. The most important characteristics of this auxiliary are that the substrate terminates to nitrogen atom of heteroaromatic pyrazole ring and that the 3-phenyl ring of trans-1 is close to the (4R)-methyl group. Subsequently, the steric repulsion is relaxed by rotation of the phenyl ring, and the substrate is located in the chiral environment. This structural feature causes the diastereofacial attack on the substrate moiety in the reactions with alkyl halides [3], diphenyldisulfide [4], acyl chloride [5], aldehydes [6], and C=N compounds [7]. Moreover, the asymmetric additions of Grignard reagents [8], dienes [9] and 1,3-dipolar compounds [10] on 2-(α , βu n s a t u r a t e d ) a c y l -3 -p h e n y l-l -m e nthopyrazoles have been reported. Otherwise, the extensive use of these optically active pyrazoles was studied as the chiral catalyst for the asymmetric borane reduction of ketones [11,12] and the asymmetric dialkylzinc addition on aldehydes [13].