Several 1, 3, 5-triarylformazans were synthesized (42—77%) using a new methodology. Azo- coupling of aryldiazonium salts with arylaldehyde arylhydrazones under mild basic conditions in two-phase liquid-liquid media is efficiently promoted by phase-transfer catalysts (onium salts or dicyclohexano-18-crown-6) at 5-25 C'C. The condensation of benzaldehyde with phenylhydrazine followed by phase-transfer catalyzed azo-coupling ...