Various trans-8-stannyl enones, trans-3-(tributylstannyl)-2-propenal, and trans-ethyl 3- (tributylstannyl)-2-propenoate were prepared and found to readily undergo Diels-Alder reactions with 1, 3-dienes. The cycloaddition occurs with maintenance of trans tin/carbonyl stereochemistry to give high yields of adducts. The carbonyl moieties of the cycloadducts were converted to alcohols or epoxides which are subsequently transformed into bicyclo-[ ...