A. Srikrishna, SYNTHESIS OF C(2H)-SYMMETRICAL ENDO, ANTI, ANTI, ENDO-TETRAMETHYL )]HEXADECA-5,11-DIENE-13,14,15,16-TETRACARBOXYLATE, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 32(8), 1993, pp. 867-868
Intermolecular Diels-Alder reaction of the diene 3, formed in the ther
mal decarbonylation of the keto-anhydride 2 in the presence of maleic
anhydride, followed by esterification generates the title compound 6.