“…group in the pseudo-axial position for 3b and pseudo-equa-Dimethyldioxirane (DMD) [18] and methyltrioxorhenium (MTO) [19] were prepared according to literature procedures, as were also the torial for 3c. As for the flexible 2-cycloalkenols 2, 3a, 4, 3-alkyl-substituted cyclohexenes 1b, [20] 1c, [21] and 1d [22] and the and 5, the oxidation of the rigid 3b, c by MTO/UHP also conformationally fixed cis-and trans-5-tert-butyl-2-cyclohexenols proceeded cleanly in good yields to the syn-and anti-epox-(3b, c). [23] The cyclic alcohols 2-cyclopentenol (2), [24] 2-cyclohexides 8b, c without any enone formation (Table 3, Entries 1, enol (3a), [25] and 2-cyclooctenol (5) [26] were synthesized by pho-3, 7, 9).…”