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Treatment of a (2-azaallyl)stannane with HF . pyridine generated a nonstabi
lized N-unsubstituted azomethine ylide, which was found to undergo an effic
ient and stereoselective dipolar cycloaddition with phenyl vinyl sulfone to
produce a trans 2,5-dialkylpyrrolidine that was further transformed into t
he dendrobatid alkaloid indolizidine 239CD.