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The amide 3 reacted with various electrophilic reagents to give the ad
dition products 5-9; reaction of 3 with m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (MC
PBA) gave the epoxide 10; similarly, the lactone 4 (an isomer of 3) re
acted extremely selectively with a variety of electrophiles to give a
range of polyfunctionalised bicyclic systems 12-15: reaction with MCPB
A gave the epoxide 16 as the major product.