Total Synthesis of Hamigerans: Part 1. Development of Synthetic Technology for the Construction of Benzannulated Polycyclic Systems by the Intramolecular Trapping of Photogenerated Hydroxy-o-quinodimethanes and Synthesis of Key Building Blocks This work was financially supported by the National Institutes of Health (USA) and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, and grants from Abbott, Amgen, ArrayBiopharma, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Glaxo, Hoffmann-La Roche, DuPont, Merck, Pfizer, and Schering Plough.