Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Nitrosative deamination of 1-aminoazetidin-2-ones was carried out with diphenylnitrosamine to give the N-unsubstituted systems, thus completing a route to β-lactams by photochemical ring contraction of pyrazolidin-3 ones. ... Aminoazetidin-2-ones were deaminated with ...