The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of N-benzyl-C-(2-furyl)nitrones with
electron-rich alkenes gives preferentially trans-substituted 3,5-disubstit
uted isoxazolidines (endo approach). These experimental results are in good
qualitative agreement with the predicted ones by semiempirical(AM1 and PM3
) and ab initio (HF/3-21G) methods.