Heterocyclic compounds are widely distributed in nature, [1] and their core structures are present in a vast array of pharmaceuticals. [2] Although extensive efforts have concentrated on their syntheses, [3] including asymmetric catalytic processes, [4] the demand for greater structural diversity continues to be of intense interest. [5] In particular, there is increasing interest in the asymmetric synthesis of dihydropyridine, dihydroquinoline, dihydroisoquinoline, and related heterocycles, which are core structures in natural products and other bioactive molecules. [4a-f] However, the asymmetric synthesis of heterocyclic structures with more than one nitrogen atom is rare. [6][7][8] The use of N-iminoquinolinium ylides for the asymmetric construction of dihydroquinoline derivatives by a [3+3] cycloaddition with 1,1-cyclopropane diesters, originally reported by Charette and co-workers for the non-asymmetric version, [7e] was recently reported. [4a] Good yields and high enantiocontrol were achieved in this kinetic resolution, but high catalyst loadings of nickel(II) perchlorate and a chiral Inbis(oxazoline) ligand were required. We have been investigating the dirhodium-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar [3+3] cycloaddition with enol diazoacetates 1. [9,10] The metal/enol carbene intermediates generated by dinitrogen extrusion have electrophilic character at both the carbene and vinylogous positions, with preferential reaction occurring at the vinylogous position (Scheme 1). Could these dipolar intermediates be effective for the asymmetric construction of dihydroquinoline derivatives with N-iminoquinolinium ylides? Prior efforts have shown that enol carbene intermediates undergo [3+3] cycloaddition reactions with nitrones to form 3,6-dihydro-1,2oxazines 3 [9a] and with hydrazones to form tetrahydropyridazine derivatives 4, [9c] each by a stepwise process initiated by nucleophilic reaction at the vinylogous position, which occurs with high enantiocontrol. Unlike cycloaddition reactions with nitrones and hydrazones, however, reactions there is an energy barrier to cycloaddition with the required dearomatization with N-iminoquinolinium ylides, and for this reason it is perhaps not surprising that cycloaddition reactions with Niminopyridinium ylides have not yet been reported. We report herein that N-iminopyridinium ylides undergo efficient and highly enantioselective [3+3] cycloaddition reactions with enol diazoacetates in the presence of a chiral dirhodium catalyst.Pyridine-N-aminidines 5 a (N-acyliminopyridinium ylides) [4a, 11] are stable but reactive dipolar species. Treatment of 5 a with enol diazoacetate 1 a in the presence of a catalytic amount of rhodium(II) acetate in dichloromethane at room temperature produced the dearomatized bicyclic tetrahydropyridazine derivative 6 a (92 % isolated yield) in one step [Eq. (1), TBS = tert-butyldimethylsilyl]. This transformation is a more direct and convenient way to the tetrahydropyridazine derivatives compared to previous two-step one-pot methods from N-arylhydrazones and 1 ...