Cycloadditions between the 4-alkenyl[2.2]paracyclophanes 7, 16-21 and the dienophiles 10a-h have been studied. Whereas 10a, b, d, and g prefer Diels-Alder addition involving the olefinic double bond and one double bond of a cyclophane benzene ring, 10c, e, f, and h undergo other cyclo-additions such as ene reaction (10c), [2+2] cycloaddition to the olefinic double bond (10e) and heterodiene addition to the vinyl substituent (10f, h). Several of the isolated cycloadducts (e.g. 24-26, 52) are valuable substrates for the preparation of annelated cyclophanes. The mechanisms of several of these cycloadditions are discussed. ((c) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006).