A convergent enantioselective total synthesis of the neurotoxic spirocyclic alkaloid (−)- perhydrohistrionicotoxin (2) is described. A Lewis acid-mediated intramolecular imine ene- type reaction was used for the key spirocyclisation step (14 to 3, with 3 being obtained as a single diastereoisomer). Spirocyclisation precursor 14 was prepared from enantiomerically pure ketone 13, itself available via an efficient one-pot, three-component, coupling ...