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Recent advances and examples of the intramolecular Diels–Alder reaction are summarized and applications to the total synthesis of natural products, both completed and in progress, noted. A detailed discussion of trienes leading to bicyclo4.3.0nonene skeletons is followed by examples of bicyclo4.4.0decenes and adducts arising from ortho-quinodimethane precursors. Cycloadditions affording bicyclon.4.0 systems and bridged-ring adducts from cyclic dienes conclude this survey which is followed by a discussion of unreactive trienes and a brief analysis of synthetic strategy to complete the review.
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