A facile and operationally simple route to diastereomerically pure, natural-like 3-azabicyclo [3.3. 1] non-6-enes via microwave-assisted, BF3· OEt2-promoted aza-Prins reaction has been developed. Complexity-generating transformations based on these products involving reactive functionalities introduced during the aza-Prins step have been developed.
[Cativiela, Carlos; Garcia, Jose I.; Gil; Martinez, Rosa M.; Mayoral, Jose A.; Salvatella, Luis; Urieta, Jose S.; Mainar; Abraham, Michael H. Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2, 1997 , # 3 p. 653 - 660]