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Thermal cyclization of imine 12b led,after hydrolytic work-up, to bicy
clic derivative 13b with a very high control of the three newly create
d stereogenic centers. In contrast adducts 13a and 13c, resulting from
the cyclization of imines 12a and 12c respectively, were obtained as
complex mixtures of stereomers.