Abstract A number of substituted 2, 2-dimethyl-6-arylidene-1-triazol-1-ylmethylcyclohexanols and 2, 2-dimethyl-6-arylidene-1-imidazol-1-ylmethylcyclohexanols were prepared from 2- methylcyclohexanone in four steps: Claisen–Schmidt condensation with substituted benzaldehydes, methylation of the resulting 2-methyl-6-benzylidenecyclohexanones, conversion to the oxiranes by interaction with dimethylsulfonium methylide and reaction of ...