Photoexcitation of contact charge-transfer (CCT) pairs of 1-arylcyclohexenes 1 (aryl: phenyl, 4-methylphenyl, and 4-methoxyphenyl) and oxygen in acetonitrile and benzene gave 1, 2- epoxy-1-arylcyclohexanes 2 as major products together with 2-aryl-2-cyclohexen-1-ols and acetophenones 4. Similar irradiation of the CCT pairs in methanol/acetonitrile afforded mainly 2-aryl-2-methoxycyclohexanols instead of 2 and small amounts of 1-aryl-1- ...