“…The macrocyclic carbon framework of 1 represents a major challenge for an efficient chemical synthesis. Among all the achieved total syntheses and formal total syntheses, several macrocyclization strategies, including C‐glycosydation,7a ring‐closing metathesis (RCM),7b,c,e,f, 8 the Barbier reaction,7d photo‐Fries rearrangement,7e,f Dötz benzannulation,7g and Prins reaction7h have been reported, albeit in modest yields. We have attempted an RCM strategy for the macrocyclization at the C13C14 double bond of 1 8.…”