Lissoclinolide, 1, which is an antibiotic butenolide isolated from a Tuncate, has been synthesized stereoselectively by a reaction sequence in which the Ag (I)-catalyzed lactonization of (2E, 6E)-2-bromo-8-hydroxy-2, 6-octadien-4-ynoic acid,(E, E)-13, and the Pd/Cu-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of so obtained (Z)-2-bromo-5-[(E)-4-hydroxy-2- butenylidene]-5H-furan-2-one,(Z, E)-14, with (E)-3-hydroxy-1-propenyltributylstannane, 15 ...