pubmed-article:12778709 | pubmed:abstractText | Highly diastereoselective Lewis acid mediated aza-Diels-Alder reactions of chiral auxiliary derivatized 2H-azirines have been accomplished for the first time, yielding bi and tri-cyclic heterocyclic compounds, comprising aziridine and tetrahydropyridine substructures, in up to 97% de; with the absolute stereochemistry of the major product confirmed by X-ray crystallography. | lld:pubmed |