Benzothieno-and Thienofused Pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazol-4(1H)-ones. -Pyrazolinones (I)are acylated with the appropriate carboxylic acid chlorides (IIa), (IId), and (V) in the presence of an excess calcium hydroxide to give the desired haloarylpyrazolols (III) and (VI), resp. The two-step method is completed by a subsequent cyclization reaction, an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution of the aryl halogenide. Unsubstituted title compounds like (VIII) are easily obtained by treatment of the N1-Pmb-protected congeners of type (VIIb) with trifluoroacetic acid. -(ELLER*, G. A.; HARING, A. W.; DATTERL, B.; ZWETTLER, M.; HOLZER, W.; Heterocycles 71 (2007) 1, 87-104; Dep. Drug Synth., Univ. Wien, A-1090 Wien, Austria; Eng.) -H. Hoennerscheid