The substituent effect on the addition course of the Diels-Alder reaction of butadiene with 2- methyl-1, 4-benzoquinones which carry the cyano (V), dimethylcarbamoyl (VI), β- ethoxycarbonylethyl (VII), β-cyanoethyl (VIII), ethoxycarbonyl-trans-vinyl (IXa) group at the C 5 position, respectively, was examined. The addition of V and VI occurred one-sidedly at the ethylene linkage carrying the electronwithdrawing cyano and dimethylcarbamoyl group. In ...