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1,4-di-O-methyl-myo-inositol, a natural product, was synthesised starting from p-benzoquinone. The treatment of 5,6-dibromocyclohex-2-ene-1,4-diol with Na/ROH-system afforded a C 2 -symmetric conduritol-B derivative key intermediate followed by acetylation. The OsO 4 oxidation and followed by acetylation gave the tetraacetates. The hydrolysis of the acetate groups furnished the desired the myo-inositol derivatives in high yield.

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The reaction of 1,4‐dihydro‐1,4‐epoxynaphthalene with cyclooctatetraene at 130±5° for 14 days gave the four products 2a,3,3a,4,9,9a,10,10a‐octahydro‐4,9‐epoxy‐3,10‐ethenocyclobuta[b]anthracene (13), 25‐oxanonacyclo[10.10.2.25,9.114,21.02,11.03,10.04,6.013,22.015,20]heptacosa‐7,15,17,19,23,26‐hexaene (14), 5,5a,6,6a,6b,6c,12a,12b,12c,13,13a,14‐dodecahydro‐5,14‐epoxy‐6,13‐ethenocycloocta[3′,4′]cyclobuta[1′,2′:3,4]cyclobuta[1,2‐b]anthracene (15) and bis‐adduct 16. The structures of the products were determined by spectroscopic methods. It was observed that adduct 14 undergoes a Cope rearrangement. The Cope rearrangement of this adduct was investigated in the temperature range of −85° to 100° by NMR spectroscopy.

A stereospecific synthesis of 3-(2-bromophenoxy)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-1,2,4-triol (benzoconduritol-C derivative) has been achieved by a fully regio-and stereospecific rhodium catalysed reaction of oxabenzonorbornadiene in the presence of 2-bromophenol.

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Electrochemical reduction of r-1,t-4-diacetoxy-t-2,c-3-dibromocyclohex-5-ene 1 gives only trans-1,4-diacetoxycyclohexa-2,5-diene 2 in good yield while the commonly used Zn reduction gives a product mixture containing 2 and acetoxybenzene 3 derived from acetoxy elimination.