comparative study of the epoxidation of homoisoflavones (3-benzyl-4-chromones) 1–4 has been performed by various oxidizing agents, víz. Epoxidation with isolated dimethyldioxirane (Method A), with alkaline hydrogen peroxide (Method B), and with sodium hypochlorite (Method C) to obtain the epoxides 4–8. Compounds 2 and 3 have also been oxidized with a combination of dimethyldioxirane and Jacobsen's Mn(III)salen