“…Allogermacranes, in which a trans , trans -cyclodeca-1,6-diene ring system is present, are not very abundant in nature and may play a different role in the biosynthesis of sesquiterpenes. Since the trans,trans- cyclodeca-1,6-diene unit is known to undergo a smooth photochemical [2 + 2] cycloaddition, allogermacranes are the most likely precursors of bourbonanes, a small class of sesquiterpenes possessing the cyclobuta[1,2:3,4]dicyclopentene skeleton 3 . In contrast to the synthesis of trans , trans -germacrane sesquiterpenes and their double bond stereoisomers, little attention has been paid to the synthesis of the regioisomeric allogermacranes …”