To further expand the scope of this process, 4a and 4b, where the alcohol moiety is external to the ring system, were synthesized (Scheme 3). Treatment of 4a under standard conditions did not afford the desired epoxynitrile (Scheme 3a). To our surprise, similar to 3oa, a direct displacement of the pseudohalide by the alkoxide onto the nitrogen atom occurred to exclusively give dihydroisoxazole 5a. The identity of this species was further confirmed by single crystal X-ray crystallography. Analogous reactivity was observed when 4b was employed, and the The epoxynitriles can undergo further transformations to access other highly decorated molecules (Scheme 4).