A formal total synthesis of (+)-zincophorin. Observation of an unusual urea-directed Stork-Crabtree hydrogenation.

A formal total synthesis of (+)-zincophorin via interception of Miyashita's advanced intermediates is described here. This effort features the first synthetic application of an inverse demand hetero [4 + 2] cycloaddition of a chiral allenamide, and the observation of an unusual urea directed Stork-Crabtree hydrogenation.