from 3,5‐dimethoxybenzaldehyde, some functionalized 2,3,4‐trisubstituted tricyclic 4,5‐cycloalkyl‐fused and 6‐modified chromans could be prepared via ortho‐quinone methides (o‐QMs)/hetero‐Diels–Alder (HDA) reactions of the appropriate precursors. The bromide at C6 served as a handle for introducing other substituents through palladium‐catalyzed cross‐coupling reactions and other functional‐group transformations