Syntesizing epoxide from reactants containing less than 6 carbon atoms

[Maria_88]

I need to show how I cansynthesize the following compound from any starting materials containing no more than six carbon atoms.

 

 

http://imgur.com/EYV3a

 

Could someone please help me?

 

/Maria

[Tartaglia]

Benzyl grignard + cyclopentanone, work uo to give tertiary alcohol, treat with sulphuric acid to give alkene, treat with MCBPA to give epoxide

Edited June 13, 2010 by Tartaglia

[Horza2002]

Heck reaction betwen styrene and bromocylopentane. This will give u the alkene which can then be oxidised with mCPBA