As a result of these experiments, it was decided to continue our screening to find a suitable nucleophile from 2-methylpyridine that could provide better selectivity in the addition reaction to 6. First, we continued with the protocol of using a pre-formed iminium salt to facilitate the addition reaction, this time either TMSOTf or TIPSOTf was used to form the salt.10 A variety of organometallic reagents were prepared from the corresponding lithiated 2-methylpyridine and added to the pre-formed salt; however, there was little selectivity at the newly formed C-7 stereocenter.