Progress toward the Synthesis of Garsubellin A and Related Phloroglucins: The Direct Diastereoselective Synthesis of the Bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane Core

[reaction: see text] A highly diastereoselective single-step cyclization reaction provides access to the bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane core of the polyprenylated phloroglucin natural product garsubellin A. Further elaboration to a more functionalized analogue involves a sequential Claisen rearrangement/Grubbs olefin cross-metathesis strategy. Additionally, this strategy was extended to the preparation of the bis-quaternary carbon array found at the bridgehead positions of the phloroglucin natural products.