Efficient Preparation of a Highly Strained Eleven-Membered Ring

Two strategies have been explored to build the highly strained eleven-membered ring 2, a potential precursor for the biosynthetic key intermediate of the protoilludane family: an intramolecular Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons olefination and an intramolecular Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi type-ring closure.