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Going (anti)viral: The first total synthesis of the antiviral (+)‐schisanwilsonene A has been completed using a fully stereoselective tandem cyclization/1,5‐migration/intermolecular cyclopropanation. The key reaction sequence is catalyzed by gold.

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[reaction: see text] An asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-swainsonine and (+)-6-epicastanospermine is described from a common intermediate, which is obtained through diastereoselective [2 + 2] cycloaddition of dichloroketene to a chiral enol ether.

Gold(I)-catalyzed allene-vinylcyclopropane cycloisomerization leads to the tricyclic framework of the protoilludanes in a single step by a reaction that involves a cyclopropane ring expansion and a Prins cyclization.