A diene synthesis using 2,6-xyloquinone as dienophile and boron trifluoride as catalyst does not follow the normal orientation rules and leads to a facile synthesis of ring A-aromatic steroids. A tetracyclic adduct prepared by a similar reaction and containing the steroidal C 19 -methyl group is also reported.
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Dickinson et al. (1972) studied this question.