The triazoles 1 (mp 6ZoCl3 and 2 (mp llZ°C)4 were selected for our investigation. They were converted into the imines 3a-e and (a-e, and then heated in xylene at 130°C for 24 h.The resulting compounds 5a-e and 6a-e were hydrolyzed with silica gel and furnished the ketones 7a-e and 8s-e as the sole reaction products, which were characterized by spectral methods ( I R , N M R , MS) and microanalysis.122.6-126.2 (C-5 of 7 , 'JCH = 196 H z ) . 125.7-129.1 (C-5 of 8, , 1 9 2 . 6 -193.2 (CO of 7) and 185.5-185.9 (CO of 8). The imine precursors 3a-e and (a-e showed onebond 13CH=N coupling constants of 159-161 Hz indicating the E-configuration, a necessary prerequisite for rearrangement to occur.The sequence outlined above has two advantages over the classical method of 1,3-dipolar In the NMR spectra (CDC13) typical carbon resonances were found at bC 147.5-148.4 (C-4),