... Tetrahedron: Asymmetry. Volume 24, Issue 1, 15 January 2013, Pages 37–42. ... from cycloalkene oxides 1,2. 9 The treatment of epoxides with lithium halogenides led to the formation of racemic, stereochemically pure, trans-2-halogenocycloalkanols 3,4 (Scheme 1). The racemic ...