Treatment of 3c with SmI2 in THF effected the regioselective ring-opening of the epoxide to afford allylic alcohol 6. Lewis acid-mediated fluorination of 3g using BF3 gave fluorohydrin 7a in 37% yield. To our surprise, a significant amount of borylated heterocycle 7b did not undergo hydrolysis under reversed-phase chromatography conditions, and was isolated in 48% yield. The structure was identified by X-ray crystallography. Lastly, in the presence of a strong nucleophile such as nBuLi, the nitrile was reduced to the corresponding ketone, while maintaining the epoxide moiety, albeit in low yields.