The reactions of m- and p-divinylbenzene with electrophilic olefins have been explored. In reactions with tetracyanoethylene (TCNE), m-divinylbenzene (m-DVB) is markedly more reactive than p-divinylbenzene (p-DVB). The reaction of m-DVB with TCNE leads to 2:1 Diels-Alder adduct 1, while the reaction of p-DVB with TCNE results in cyclobutane adduct 3. With maleic anhydride and alpha-carbomethoxymaleic anhydride, both m-DVB and p-DVB undergo double Diels-Alder reactions. The reactions of the para and meta isomers of diisopropenylbenzene (p-DIB and m-DIB) follow the same pattern. If p-DIB is mixed with methyl beta,beta-dicyanoacrylate (DCA), the reaction pathway can be changed from the [4 + 2] to the [2 + 2] cycloaddition by adding zinc chloride to increase the electrophilicity of DCA by complexing with the cyano substituents. The different pathways and reactivities are discussed.