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A new approach was developed to achieve the asymmetric total synthesis of (+)-PD-116740, an angucyclinone from the actinomycete isolate (WP 4669). A sequence of asymmetric dihydroxylation followed by oxidative cyclization was applied to stereoselectively construct the core trans-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene-9,10-diol B-C-D ring. A new Cu salt Cu(OH)OTf·NMI2 was found to be the best oxidant to induce the oxidative coupling and phenol oxidation.The cleavage of benzyl ethers by catalytic hydrogenolysis or Birch reduction suffers fro