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- Note added in proof: Following a personal communication with Professor I. D. Jenkins structures 8 and 9 should be revised as β‐3‴, 4‴‐epoxides (Quader, S. et al. Mitsunobu dehydration of N‐Boc neomycin B, Org. Biomol. Chem., in the press). We thank Dr. M.‐T. Martin (ICSN) for a correct reinterpretation of the NMR data