Abstract: The intramolecular cycloaddition of N-(1-alkyl-4-pentenyl) nitrones provides a highly regio-and stereoselective route to all-cis-2, 6-disubstituted-3-(hydroxymethyl) piperidines 3 by way of the bicyclic isoxazolidines 2. In demonstration studies, the 2.6- dimethyl analogue was transformed into 2r, 3~, 6~-trimethyIpiperidine(9) and into N-tert- butoxy-2~, 6c-dimethyI-piperidine-3r-carboxaldehyde (10). Facile and complete ...