4-(2-Hydroxy-phenyl)-but-3-en-2-one (1) was prepared via condensation of salicylaldehyde with acetone, and then reaction of the ketone 1 with thiosemicarbazide was accompanied by cyclization to give substituted pyrazole (2). Seven new 5-(2-hydroxy-phenyl)-3-methyl-4,5-dihydropyrazole-1-carbothioamide derivatives (3a?3g) were synthesized by the acylation of 2 and characterized by means of elemental analysis, infrared (IR), and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The compounds 3c, 3d, and 3g showed certain bactericidal activity against E. coli; while compound 3g showed certain bactericidal activity against P. vulgaris.
