Versatile intramolecular reactions starting from a conformationally restricted epoxyalcohol

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)79585-2

The novel epoxyalcohol, 3, has been converted, using a variety of stereoselective intramolecular cyclisation reactions, to several highly substituted cyclohexane derivatives. In addition carbon disulphide has been shown to be a powerful intramolecular sul