The P-hydroxypiperidine alkaloids (?)-pseudoconhydrine, (5)-N-rnethylpseudoconhydrine, (-)-5-hydroxysedarnine, and (+)-sedacryptine were synthesized. Successive functionalization of the piperidine ring via anodic methoxylation allowed the regio-and stereoselective introduction of the substituents. The a and a' substituents were introduced by application of the sequence elimination -nucleophilic addition from 2-or 2,5-substituted 6-methoxycarbamates. Hydroboration -oxidation of enecarbamates, obtained by elimination of methanol from a-methoxycarbamates, allowed the introduction of the P-hydroxy function.