A highly diastereoselective addition of lithiated methoxyallene 3 to chiral cyclic nitrones 1 and 2 provided N-hydroxy pyrrolidines 4 and 5, respectively, which cyclized to bicyclic 1,2-oxazines 6 and 7 by simple stirring in dilute CH 2 Cl 2 solution. Storage of 4 in a more concentrated solution led to formation of a 60:40 mixture of 1,2-oxazine 6 and amine ox-