Total Syntheses of Amphidinolides T1, T3, and T4

Concise and high-yielding total syntheses of amphidinolides T1, T3, and T4 have been completed using an alkynyl macrolactone as a common late-stage intermediate. The required α-hydroxy ketone motif was installed by sequential alkyne hydrosilylation, epoxidation, and Fleming-Tamao oxidation. An oxonium ylide rearrangement formed the trisubstituted tetrahydrofuran core found in the natural products.