The colourless crystalline form of the benzoylpyrazolone (2) has molecules with the NH structure (2c) stabilized by intermolecular hydrogen bonds. At room temperature crystals are monoclinic: P21/c, a 13.508(5),
b 9.124(4), c 11.451(3)Ǻ, β 90.80(3)°, Z4; the structure was refined to R 0.059, Rw 0.048. The acetoacetylpyrazolone (3) has the OH structure (3c) with two intramolecular hydrogen bonds. At 193 K crystals are triclinic: Pī , a 7.142(2), b 13.704(8), c 14.699(7)Ǻ, α 117.36(3), β 96.87(3),
γ 93.73(3)°, Z 4; the structure was refined to R 0.049, Rw 0.054.