NORMAND BEAULIEU' AND PIERRE DESLONGCHA~TPS Laboratoire tle Sxtzthi.se Organiyue, DPpartetnent de Chitnie, FacrtltP des Scietic,es, Ut~icersitP cic Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, (Or(&.), Cutfacia Ji K 2Rl Received December 3. 1979 ... NORMAXD BEALJLIEU and PIERRE DESLONGCHAMPS. Can. J. Chem. 58.875 (1980). A simple and convenient synthesis of tricyclic orthoester 1 (2.10.1l-trioxatricycl0[4.4.4~O~~~]tetradecane)