The reactions of 2-methylimidazoline with excess benzoyl chlorides under mild conditions generated N,N¢-diacyl-b-keto cyclic ketene-N,N¢-acetals. Conversely, the corresponding reactions of 1,2-dimethylimidazoline under the same conditions stereoselectively formed the ring-opened (Z)-vinyl benzoates. The latter reactions feature the formation of carbon-carbon bonds, carbonnitrogen bonds, and carbon-oxygen bonds in one sequential cascade.