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The domino cycloaddition-thermal rearrangement of nitrile oxides and m
ethylenespiro[2.2]pentane gives 5-azaspiro[2,5]oct-6-en-8-one derivati
ves; with a nitrone the process complements the one using bi(cycloprop
ylidene) for the synthesis of alpha-spiro cyclopropanated heterocyclic
ketones.