Intramolecular silyl nitronate olefin cycloaddition starting from nitro ole
fins 1 and leading to substituted tetrahydrofuran rings fused to isoxazolin
es 5 has been achieved in a one-pot protocol involving Michael addition, si
lylation, cycloaddition, and desilylation steps. The results show that unli
ke nitrile oxides, silyl nitronates undergo highly stereoselective intramol
ecular cycloadditions to produce functionalized heterocyclic rings.