Annelated pentafulvenes 2, 10, 13, and 14 are efficiently accessible by a palladium‐catalyzed domino coupling process of aryl substituted vinylic bromides 1, 9, 11, and 12, 5‐Membered palladacycles 3 are discussed as key intermediates.

The cycloaddition of spirobutenolide 3 to the homochiral cyclopentadiene 1 at 6.5 kbar leads exclusively to cycloadduct 5. Subsequent Diels-Alder or Michael additions again favour the cyclohexenone double bond; this perfect chemo- regio- and face selectivity was employed for a short and efficient approach to the wistarin framework.

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