Epoxidation of diastereoisomeric benzyloxy derivatives of the levoglucosenone adduct with cyclopentadiene by treatment with m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid afforded a mixture of 1,2-and 1,4-epoxy derivatives. Intramolecular cyclization of the hydroxy derivatives of the same adduct by the action of I 2 -NaHCO 3 -MeCN gave products resulting from cleavage of the 1,6-anhydro bridge, reduction of the acetal moiety, and olefinaldehyde cyclization. 580 cyclo[6.4.0.0 2,6 .0 3,10 .0 5,9 ]dodec-11-yl}methanol (10). A solution of 1.0 g (5.20 mmol) of 2a/2b in 35.0 mL of acetonitrile was cooled to 0°C, 0.87 g (10.40 mmol) of NaHCO 3 and 2.65 g (10.40 mmol) of I 2 were added, and the mixture was stirred for 1 h at room temperature (TLC). The mixture was treated with 10 mL of water and extracted with ethyl acetate (3 × 40 mL), The extract was washed with an aqueous solution of Na 2 S 2 O 3 and with water and dried over MgSO 4 ; the solvent was distilled off, and the residue was subjected to silica gel chromatography to isolate 0.34 g (26%) of iodide 8, 0.11 g (11%) of hydroxy ketone 9, and 0.13 g (15%) of compound 10.Compound 9. Oily material, R f 0.35 (petroleum ether-EtOAc, 1 : 1), [α] D 20 = -162.9° (c = 1.4, CHCl 3 ). 1 H NMR spectrum (C 6 D 6 ), δ, ppm: 0.82 d and 1.21 d (1H each, 11-H, 2 J = 8.4 Hz), 2.26 d.d.d (1H, 2-H, 3 J 2, 7 = 3.1, 3 J 2, 3 = 3 J 2, 1 = 10.6 Hz), 2.33 d.d (1H, 7-H, 3 J 7, 2 = 3.1, 3 J 7, 8 = 10.4 Hz), 2.36 m (1H, 1-H), 2.61 d.d.d.d (1H, 3-H, 3 J 3, 1′A = 2.8, 3 J 3, 1′B = 6.8, 3 J 3, 2 = 10.6 Hz), 3.21 m (1H, 8-H), 3.38 d.d (1H, 5-H A , 3 J 5A, 7 = 1.0, 2 J = 18.0 Hz), 3.46 d.d (1H, 1′-H A , 3 J 1′A, 3 = 2.8, 2 J = 11.8 Hz), 3.77 d.d (1H, 1′-H B , 3 J 1′B, 3 = 6.8, 2 J = 11.8 Hz), 3.95 d (1H, 5-H B , 2 J = 18.0 Hz), 5.61 d.d