Addition of lithium organyls to sterically hindered para-quinols leads to 1,2-or 1,4-adducts. The 1,4-addition prevails, if the 4-substituents in the quinol and the organic group in the lithium organyl are large. Four 1,4-addition products (2-cyclohex-2-en-l-ones) are synthesized and their structures investigated by NMR spectroscopy. The aryl groups at C-4 and C-5 acquire equatorial positions, the alkyl group at C-6 is bisectional. These results are confirmed by Xray analysis of 2,6-di-terr-butyl-4-hydroxy-4,5-diphenylcyclohex-2-en-1 -one, revealing a twist boat conformation of the cyclohexene ring.