A general catalytic
oxo-hetero-Diels-Alder reaction for pro-chiral aldehyde and ketone
N-oxy-pyridinesis presented. The catalytic and asymmetric
oxo-hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of electron-rich dienes with
N-oxy-pyridine-2-carbaldehyde and ketone derivatives, catalyzed by chiral copper(II)-bisoxazolinecomplexes, gives optically active six-membered oxygen heterocycles in moderate to good yields andwith excellent enantioselectivities.