Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Cassiol PetrovaKrastina V. MohrJustin T. StoltzBrian M. 2009 An enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-cassiol is reported. The complex derived from Pd<sub>2</sub>(pmdba)<sub>3</sub> and enantiopure <i>t</i>-BuPHOX ligand catalyzes enantioconvergent decarboxylative alkylation to generate the quaternary carbon stereocenter at an early stage. The overall synthetic strategy involves a convergent late-stage coupling of two fragments. The synthesis features a longest linear sequence of eight steps.