... SYNTHESIS OF PULYQUINANES I: INTRAMIDLECULAR DIELS-ALDER REACTION' Daniel D. Sternbach,* Jeffrey W. Hughes Douglas F. Burdi2 and Robert ,M. ForstotJ Department of Chemistry, Duke University Ourhain, North Carolina 27706 Abstract: The intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of several substituted cyclopentadienes to functionalized tricyclic products, suitable for transformation to polyquinane natural products, is described. ...