Abstract Reaction of 1, 4-benzodiazepinic N-nitrosoamidines, used as synthetic equivalents of imidoyl chlorides, with the mono-anion of tosylmethyl isocyanide is described. The process gives entry to 3-(4-tosyl) imidazo [1, 5-a][1, 4] benzodiazepines, compounds which have not been described yet in the literature. These systems can be derivatized to the corresponding trisubstituted 1, 4-benzodiazepines by alkylation or acylation of the ...