“…A single product 5 was formed when the pyridinium salt 1 was allowed to stand for 2 days at room temperature in an excess of the nitrone 2 (Scheme I). Spectroscopic data indicated that 5 was a 1,4-dihydropyridine formed through the condensation between 1 and 2 with the loss of toluenesulfonic acid: mass spectrum m/e 438 (M+); nmr 4.20 ppm (1 H, doublet, J = 3 Hz, proton at C4 in the dihydropyridine nucleus); Xmax (MeOH) 220 nm (e 30,900), 265 (15,100), and 353 (8750)A3 These data, when interpreted within the framework of known nitrone chemistry,4 suggest that the position of attachment to the nitrone ring is at the 3'-carbon atom rather than the 5'-carbon atom, which cannot be excluded on the basis of the spectroscopic data alone. Support for this structure assignment was provided by the condensation between S.S-dimethyl-AKpyrroline 1oxide (3) and 1.…”