Isoxazolines 2 from the cycloaddition of imidazoline 3-oxides 1 with DMAD rearrange in the presence of methoxide to give cis-3-methoxy-7-(methoxycarbonyl)-2, 7a-diaryl-5-oxo-2, 3, 5, 7a-tetrahydro-1H-pyrrolo [1, 2-e] imidazol-6-olates 3 with 100% de. The acidic hydrolysis of 3 led to kinetically controlled formation of methyl 1-formyl-4-hydroxy-5-oxo-2-phenyl-2- ((arylamino) methyl)-2, 5-dihydro-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylates 6a–e. The intramolecular ...