ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 20, Number 6
JKCSEZ 20(6)
December 20, 1976 

Structures of the products obtained from the condensation reaction between p-phenylenedihydrazine(PPDH) and dicarbonyl compounds were determined, From the reaction with PPDH, acetylacetone produced a cyclic compound, 1,1'-p-phenylene-bis-3, 5-dimetylpyrazole; ethylacetoacetate also formed a cyclic compound, 1,1'-p-phenylene-bis-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone; diacetyl yielded a simple dihydrazone, diacetyl p-phenylenedihydrazone. Condensation products from the other dicarbonyl compounds being of generally unstable, the structure determination was quite difficult.