Af ormal synthesis of komaroviquinone has been accomplished by utilizingt he Pt-catalyzedh ydrative cyclization of an enynal that was easily prepared in ac onvergent manner. The Pt-catalyzed hydrativec yclization reaction afforded the corresponding tricyclic product, which was utilized in the synthesis of ak nown precursor that led to the formation of komaroviquinone through an additional four-step synthesis.Inhabitants of the mountains of Uzbekistan use parts of the perennials emishrubk nown as "buzbosh" to cure inflammatory diseases and hypertony. [1] Severali cetexaned iterpenes have been isolated from buzbosh, among which komaroviquinone has shown the mosts ignificant in vitro trypanocidal activity against epimastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi,t he causative agent of Chagas' disease in Centrala nd South America, with am inimum lethal concentration( MLC) of 0.4 mm. [2] In addition to komaroviquinone, am inor diterpene that possessedanew spiro-octahydroindene skeleton was also isolated from the same plant and was namedk omarovispirone. Biogenetically, komarovispirone may be derived fromk omaroviquinone througharing-contraction sequence as outlined in Figure 1. [3] Komaroviquinonew as also isolatedf rom the seeds of Hernan-dia ovigeina and hasb een reportedt op lay ap otentialr ole in the developmentofn ew anti-HIV agents. [4] Several groups have been interested in the synthesis of komaroviquinone and related compounds. [5] The characteristic core skeleton of komaroviquinone is a [ 6,7,6] tricycle. Therefore, the discovery of new and efficient synthetic routes to such [6,7,6] tricycles is highly desirable for organic and medicinal chemists. [6] Transition-metal-catalyzed cyclization reactions have been presenteda sahighly attractive methodf or the synthesis of such polycyclic compounds. In 2005, Padwa and coworkers reported the first synthesis of the core skeleton of komaroviquinone by utilizing aRh II -catalyzed intramolecular cyclization reaction. [7] In the same year,B anerjee andc o-workersr eportedt he first total synthesis of (AE)-komaroviquinone. [8] Since then, the Majetich group completed syntheses of komaroviquinone and relatedc ompounds. [9] In 2010, Suto'sg roup accomplished as hort and efficient asymmetrics ynthesis of komaroviquinone from ak nown precursor in only four steps. [10] Well-oriented conjugatede nynals mays erve as versatile substratesf or [6,7,6]-tricyclic skeletons. Such enynals with alkynophilic metal cations are known to form metalÀpyrylium intermediates,w hich undergo cycloaddition reactions with ap endent unsaturated bond. Thus, we successfully performedt he Au-, Rh-, andP t-catalyzed [3+ +2] cycloaddition reactions of o-alkynylbenzaldehyde( S 1 )w ith ap endant unsaturated bond, thereby affording polycycles P 1 , P 2 ,a nd P 3 ,r espectively (Scheme 1). [11] With this diverse range of chemoselectivities in hand, we first prepared ap rospective precursor (1)a nd performed at otal synthesis of faveline methyl ether (5). Disappointingly, Figure 1. Komaroviquinone and komarovis...