“…Ketenimines are isoelectronic with ketenes and allenes but thermodynamically more stable than them and represent an important class of reactive species, useful synthetic intermediates, and synthons . They can undergo nucleophilic additions, cycloaddition reactions, radical additions, and σ-rearrangements. ,, Classical types of reactions to prepare ketenimines involve the coupling reaction between aza-Wittig reagents and ketenes, the elimination of trifluoropropioimidoyl chloride, and the rearrangement of enolizable nitriles or ynamides . The most efficient method is the copper-catalyzed sulfonyl azide–alkyne cycloaddition/ring cleavage (CuAAC/ring cleavage reaction), ,, which has been applied to synthesize numerous oxygen- and nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds. , Traditionally, ketenimines generated by CuAAC in situ act as a dienophile or monoolefine (2π system) to participate in the [2 + 2], [3 + 2], [4 + 2], and [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions (Scheme ).…”