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Tethering of dienols to hydroquinones under Mitsunobu conditions followed b
y oxidation with diacetoxyiodobenzene in methanol resulted in the developme
nt of highly functionalized cis-decalins via intramolecular Diels-Alder rea
ctions of in situ generated masked p-benzoquinones.