situ from diethyl 1-diazo-2-oxopropylphosphonate (Bestmann− Ohira reagent), with
conjugated nitroalkenes provides regioisomerically pure phosphonylpyrazoles in moderate
to good yield. These pyrazoles are formed in one pot via spontaneous elimination of the
nitro group. However, nitropyrazoles could be synthesized by the same strategy using α-
bromonitroalkenes. The methodology works for the synthesis of phosphonylpyrazoles fused …