A concise synthesis of rubioncolin B is described, which features an unprecedented intramolecular Diels−Alder reaction involving an ortho-quinone methide and a naphthofuran moiety. The ortho-quinone methide is generated through a surprisingly facile tautomerization of a para-quinone.

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