A route for the scalable, stereocontrolled, total synthese of carolacton is presented starting from commercially available S-Roche ester, D-Ribose, and known allylic alcohol 11. Key transformation in the total synthesis included a [3,3]-Claisen rearrangement, Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation–methyl ring-opening, or Leighton asymmetric crotylation, Evans-aldol–reductive deoxygenation, and ring closing metathesis (RCM). The total synthesis of carolacton (151 mg isolated, 9.2% overall yield) was completed in 23 linear steps starting from 11. Additionally, 56mg of the carolacton C15–C16 cis-olefin isomer were obtained.