Abstract
[Image: see text] IDSI TO THE RESCUE: Use of a carefully designed cascade process empowered by the unique iodonium-reagent IDSI [(Et(2)SI)(2)Cl•SbCl(6)] provided the means to construct the entire [3.2.2]-bicyclic core of both targets in a single, stereocontrolled operation. Use of strain energies assisted in the completion of the natural products, with the overall strategy proving applicable as well to the preparation of a number of unique [3.2.1]-dimeric and highly strained resveratrol-based compounds.