N-Phenyl-2-(pyrid-2-yl)imine reacts with zinc iodide to give the corresponding diiodo zinc imine complex 1. I reacts with cyclopentadiene (CPD) at 0°C under ultrasound-assisted conditions to yield rac3a(R),4(S),5,9b(S)-tetrahydro-4-(pyrid-2-yl)-3//-cyclopenta[c]quino-line 2 instead of N-phenyl-5-aza-6-pyrid-2-ylnorborn-2-ene. The starting imine reacts with CPD in the same way yet more smoothly using BF, Et,0. With both Lewis-acids, the reaction proceeds regio-and distereoselectively. 1 crystallizes in the centrosymmetric space group Pi, a = 8.127 (1), b = 9.133(1), c = 10.467(1) A,"a = 104.36(1)°, β = 100.35(1)°, γ= 95.93(1)°V = 731.4(1) Ä\ Ζ = 2. 2 crystallizes in the centrosymmetric space group P2,/c. a = 10.559(3)), b = 15.061(2), c = 8.252(1) Α, β = 95.90(2)°, V = 13054(4) A 3 , Ζ = 4.