In the reaction of spirwyclopropane-, 0x0-, and dioxolane-substituted bicyclo[3.2.l]octenes 2a, b, 7 9 7b with arenesulfenyl chloride the endo-3-cbloro-exo-4ary~thio addition products 6% b, 8% b, and 10 were formed regio-and stereoselectively. The In the preceding paper 'I it was shown that under appropriate conditions epoxides such as spirocyclopropane-substituted bicyclo[2.2.2] oct-2-ene oxides undergo acid-catalyzed transannular ring expansion with (major product) and without (minor product) skeletal rearrangement, affording complex tricyclic structures such as disubstituted homobrendanes and isotwistanes. I t was of interest to extend this novel spirocyclopropane participation to the bicycloTramannulare Ringerweiterung bei der siiurekatalysierten Reaktioa des Oxirans e k Spirocyclopropan-substituierteo Bicycb ring system are well documented, leading t o complex products that are derived from the interconverting cations shown in Eq. (l)*).In the present context of transannular ring expansion ') the behavior of the spirocyclopropane-substituted bicyclo-[3.2.1]octyl cations A, B was t o be investigated. Herein we describe our results, using either arenesulfenyl chloride adChem.