“…Barnett (74) reported failure to obtain a pure maleic anhydride addition product with bidialin, and stated that no reaction was observed between bidialin and p-benzoquinone Benzologs of 1 -vinyl-1 -cyclohexene have also been studied. 6-Methoxy-lvinyl-3,4-dihydronaphthalene has been studied extensively, because the products formed are of importance in that they are preliminary products obtained in the rapidly developing field of sterol syntheses by diene reactions (93,129,130,131,132,133). By choice of suitable dienophiles, adducts possessing the sterol-ring structure may be prepared, as shown in table 6.…”