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Five-membered ring C-alkylated heterocyclic ketene aminals react with diethyl azodicarboxylate to give the quaternary carbon-containing adducts in moderate to excellent yields while the six-membered analogs afford imidazo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-6-one derivatives. The formation of the addition products and their fragmentation reaction pathways are discussed.