“…We anticipated that the treatment of 7 with acid would lead to a sequence of 1) removal of the [b] [Pd(PtBu 3 ) 2 ] NaOH (5), H 2 O (5) 1 5 (18 %), 6 (27 %) 2 [c] [Pd(PtBu 3 ) 2 ] NaOH (5), H 2 O (5) 1 oligomerization 3 [c] [Pd(PtBu 3 ) 2 ] NaOH (5), H 2 O (5) 10 6 (28 %) 4 [c] [Pd(PtBu 3 ) 2 ] NaOH (5), H 2 O (16) 10 6 (43 %) 5 [c] [Pd(PPh 3 ) 4 ] NaOH (5), H 2 O (16) 10 6 (40 %) 6 [c] [PdCl 2 (dppf)] NaOH (5), H 2 O (16) 10 6 (67 %) 7 [d] [PdCl 2 (dppf)] NaOH (5) [d] 1 [b] PPh 3 MOM groups, 2) eight-fold dehydration (dihydroxycyclohexane!cyclohexadiene), and 3) oxidation (cyclohexadiene! We anticipated that the treatment of 7 with acid would lead to a sequence of 1) removal of the [b] [Pd(PtBu 3 ) 2 ] NaOH (5), H 2 O (5) 1 5 (18 %), 6 (27 %) 2 [c] [Pd(PtBu 3 ) 2 ] NaOH (5), H 2 O (5) 1 oligomerization 3 [c] [Pd(PtBu 3 ) 2 ] NaOH (5), H 2 O (5) 10 6 (28 %) 4 [c] [Pd(PtBu 3 ) 2 ] NaOH (5), H 2 O (16) 10 6 (43 %) 5 [c] [Pd(PPh 3 ) 4 ] NaOH (5), H 2 O (16) 10 6 (40 %) 6 [c] [PdCl 2 (dppf)] NaOH (5), H 2 O (16) 10 6 (67 %) 7 [d] [PdCl 2 (dppf)] NaOH (5) [d] 1 [b] PPh 3 MOM groups, 2) eight-fold dehydration (dihydroxycyclohexane!cyclohexadiene), and 3) oxidation (cyclohexadiene!…”