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Kinugasa reactions between terminal acetylenes and six-membered ring nitrones when one or both components are chiral, proceed in a low to moderate yield and with a high diastereoselectivity affording mostly one, dominant β-lactam product. The first step of the reaction is controlled by the configuration of the nitrone, whereas the protonation of the C-7 center of the carbacepham skeleton in the second...