Myriaporones 1-4 (1-4, respectively) are a new class of cytotoxic marine polyketide-derived compounds that exhibit significant cytotoxic activity against L1210 cells. These compounds 1-4 were isolated by Rinehart and co-workers in 1995 from the bryozoan Myriapora truncata.[1] The most active constituents, 3 and 4, were isolated as a mixture of cyclic and open-chain isomers. The myriaporones are structurally related to the C10-C23 region of the macrocycles tedanolide (5) [2] and deoxytedanolide (6), [3,4] although the configuration at C5 of 1 and 2 and at C5 and C6 of 3 and 4 were not unequivocally determined. Additionally, the absolute configuration of the myriaporones was unknown. The functionality that flanks the C7 carbonyl group confers significant lability to the myriaporones, which makes these densely functionalized structures challenging synthetic targets. Taylor et al. described progress toward the preparation of myriaporone 1 (1) by a strategy based on an homoallenylboration and a nitrile oxide cycloaddition.[5] Furthermore, Yonemitsu and co-workers reported the synthesis of advanced intermediates from d-glucose.[6] On the other[*] Prof.