Treatment of 2-propylideneimino guanidinium acetate with lead tetraacetate, in methylene chloride containing solid sodium carbonate, afforded the previously unknown 3,3-dimethyl-5-imino-Δ1-1,2,4-triazoline. Similarly, N,N′-diphenyl-N″-(2-propylideneimino)guanidinium acetate afforded Z-4-phenyl-5-phenylimino-Δ1-1,2,4-triazoline as the major oxidation product and the corresponding E isomer as a minor product. Stereochemistry was established spectrophotometrically and also by isomerizing the minor (E) isomer to the major (Z) isomer.