The BF3.OEt2 or LiClO4 catalyzed hetero Diels-Alder reaction of 1-methoxy-3-(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadiene (Danishefsky's diene) with enantiomerically pure 4-formylazetidin-2-ones affords the corresponding cycloadducts in fair to good yields and in diastereoisomeric ratios of up to 98:2.