Abstract
Three rings: Treatment of an N‐2,2,2‐trichloroethoxycarbonyl (Troc)‐substituted tetrahydropyridinol (1) with BF3⋅Et2O in CH2Cl2 gave a tricyclic adduct 2 (31 % yield) through an intramolecular Diels–Alder reaction. Reduction with zinc gave deoxysymbioimine (3), a potential antiresorptive and anti‐inflammatory drug.