“…1-Alkylidene-3-oxopyrazolidin-1-ium-2-ides (e.g., 2 in eq 1), developed by Dorn and Otto in 1968, are isolable and stable azomethine imines and have been used as 1,3-dipoles in the context of [3 + 2] cycloadditions, giving five-membered nitrogen-containing heterocycles. , Unfortunately, however, these useful 1,3-dipoles have never been engaged in a single-step formation of six-membered rings to date …”