Synthesis of a series of novel 1,3-diphenyl-4-arylspiropyrazolines[5, 2(1)]
- 1(1)-tetralones has been accomplished in good yield by regioselective 1,3
-dipolar cycloaddition of diphenylnitrilimine with (E)-2-arylidene-1-tetral
ones. X-ray crystal structure analysis of one of the products 4b confirms t
he structure and the regiochemistry of cycloatddition. (C) 1999 John Wiley
& Sons, Inc.