chalcones. Epoxy alcohols were formed from chalcones through a Corey–Bakshi–Shibata reduction of the enone and subsequent Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation of the allylic alcohol. The epoxy alcohols were protected, regioselectively opened with various amines using catalytic europium(III) triflate, and the resulting free alcohols were orthogonallyprotected. Concomitant deprotection and intramolecular nucleophilic