Two desmotropes, 3-phenyl-1H-pyrazole (1a) and 5-phenyl-1H-pyrazole (1b) have been isolated and the conditions for their interconversion established. The X-ray structure of 1b has been determined (a 10.862 (1), b 5.7620 (5), c 12.927 (2) ä, β 111.435 (2) 8, space group P21/c), and both tautomers 1a and 1b were characterized by NMR in the solid state (13C-and 15N-CPMAS). In the case of 3-phenyl-1H-indazole (2a), two concomitant ...