N. Dekimpe et M. Boeykens, SYNTHESIS BETA-LACTAM DERIVATIVES BY CYCLOADDITION OF 2-METHYLENEAZETIDINES WITH AZIDES, Journal of organic chemistry, 59(18), 1994, pp. 5189-5191
In reaction with azides, substituted with electron-withdrawing groups,
2-methyleneazetidines underwent [3 + 2]-cycloaddition to, form interm
ediate triazolines. These intermediates spontaneously rearrange into f
our-membered cyclic amidines with concomitant loss of diazomethane.