Birchreduction of homotyramines with a syn-β-amino alcohol unit followed by acid treatment of formed dihydroanisole derivatives gives polysubstituted enantiopure cis-decahydroquinolines. The stereoselectivity of the process differs if the hydroxyl group is free or protected. The procedure allows the synthesis of 7-oxodecahydroquinolines embodying four stereogenic centres with the same relative configuration