“…Indene reacts with maleic anhydride via a quinodimethylene tautomer to yield the endo adduct (XXXIII) (27). 1,3-Cyclohexadiene gives a totally endo adduct with maleic anhydride (46, 53) and a 10:1 ratio of endo to exo adducts with ethyl acrylate ( 106), but only a 1:1 mixture with the poorly orienting acrylonitrile (22). The 1,3-cyclohexadiene systems in -terpinene (XXXIV) (142) and levopimaric acid (XXXV) (66,259) both give endo adducts with XXXIV maleic anhydride, as does the bicyclooctadiene tautomer (XXXVI) of cyclooctatetraene and several of its derivatives (71,243).…”