Asymmetric, Protecting‐Group‐Free Total Synthesis of (−)‐Englerin A

The golden touch: Total synthesis of natural (−)-englerin A from (R)-citronellal has been achieved using a gold-catalyzed cyclization as the key step (see scheme). No protecting-group manipulations were required in the synthetic sequence. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.