Treatment of rs/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 >-azido-rs/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-hydroxyketones with triphenylphosphine resulted, depending on the structuralfeatures of the starting materials, in a domino "Staudinger/semi-aza-Wittig/fragmentation" reaction ratherthan a normal aza-Wittig reaction. 2-Azido-1-hydroxy-1-(2,4-dioxoalkyl)cyclopentanes, readily availableby condensation of 1,3-dicarbonyl dianions with 2-azidocyclopentanone, proved to be optimal startingmaterials for these reactions which afforded 1-(1,3-dioxoalkyl)amino-2-(alkylidene)cyclopentanes.