“…Although the reactions were not regio- and stereoselective, affording all four possible stereo- and regioisomeric cycloadducts, this was the only known example of an “ambident” 2-azadiene, i.e., one which is capable of both normal and inverse electron-demand Diels−Alder cycloadditions. Curiously, the only other known ambident dienes are halogenated 2( H )-pyran-2-ones, e.g., 3-bromo-2( H )-pyran-2-one,11a 5-bromo-2( H )-pyran-2-one 2 , 11b,c 5-chloro-2( H )-pyran-2-one 3 , and 3,5-dibromo-2( H )-pyran-2-one . Therefore, it appears that 2( H )-1,4-oxazin-2-ones are 2-azadiene counterparts of the well-investigated 2( H )-pyran-2-one dienes.…”