Content Control Not Accessible From Content Page?

My content page looks like this:

<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Basket.aspx.cs" Inherits="Basket" Title="Untitled Page" %>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="head" Runat="Server">
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" Runat="Server">
</asp:Content>

Now, I would like to add some controls dynamically to the content when page loads, so I am trying the following code:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Content2. // I want to add controls to it dynamically
}

The problem is that the Content2 control is not visible by the compiler and I am getting error about missing directive or assembly reference.