In the course of our investigations on carbonyl-alkyneexchange (CAE) reactions, 1-7 we were interested in the use of [1, 4] oxazin-2-ones81 as precursors for cyclic heterodienes for the synthesis of vitamin B6 analogues 5 starting from 1 and acetylenic ketones9 3 as depicted in Scheme 1. Silyl enol ether formation would give cyclic aza dienes 2, which should react in a [4+ 2] cycloaddition with acetylenic ketones 3 to give bicyclic adducts 4. ...