“…However, these tandem strategies open up an easy way for the construction of polyfunctional naphthalene derivatives, which can be obtained in one synthetic step. At the same time, it becomes possible to create four or more chiral centres in one synthetic stage with exceptional chemo-, regioand diastereoselectivity (Criado et al, 2010(Criado et al, , 2013Zubkov et al, 2012Zubkov et al, , 2014. Previously, it was shown that the [4 + 2] cycloaddition of bis-furyldienes with derivatives of maleic acid, esters of acetylene dicarboxylic acid or hexafluoro-2butyne proceeds in all cases with excellent diastereo-and chemoselectivity, and leads, depending on the temperature, to annelated diepoxynaphthalenes of the 'domino' or 'pincer' type (Borisova et al, 2018a,b).…”