cis-Cyclooctene undergoes addition reaction with carbon tetrachloride catalyzed by dichlorotris(triphenylphosphine) ruthenium(II) to yield 1-chloro-4-(trichloromethyl) cyclooctane (1,4-adduct). It undergoes epoxidation catalyzed by molybdenum oxide nanoparticles incorporated in a mesoporous silica shell coated on dense silica-coated magnetite nanoparticles.