A new asymmetric route to 2-substituted piperidines involving the Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation (AD) of 5-hexenylazide 1 and an intramolecular aminocyclization as crucial steps and its application to the asymmetric synthesis of four piperidine alkaloids,(+)-coniine 2,(−)-pelletierine 3,(+)-δ-coniceine 4, and (+)-epidihydropinidine 5 is presented.