The Hantzsch reaction between 3-oxotetrahydrothiophene-1,1-dioxide (I), 3-bromo-4-fluorobenzaldehyde (II) and 3-amino-2-cyclohexen-1-one (III) in refluxing EtOH yielded the hydroxy tetrahydropyridine derivative (IV). Dehydration of the cyclic hemiaminal function of (IV) was carried out in refluxing toluene to produce the racemic dihydropyridine, which was resolved into the individual enantiomers by chiral HPLC.