So I had my first test in Organic Chemistry 2, and I think I did ok. One problem was with a Diels-Alder reaction. I did the first step correctly:

However I went too far and didn't realize that the ring on the left was a benzene, I saw the diene on the left and the dienophile on the far right, and thought, a second Diels-Alder reaction would happen, so I made the final product shown here. I even built it with a molecular model kit and it seemed to work. However, benzene will not go through a Diels-Alder, and the ring strain on that central double bond would be tremendous. I'll get partial credit since I had the the correct structure as an intermediate, and I did a bimolecular dehyrdation extra credit problem for 10 bonus points, so it's ok.

By the way, did any of you understand any of that?