Abstract A general approach to the high-yielding synthesis of medicinally important heterocycles was achieved through the sequential combination of ring-closing metathesis, base-induced ring opening (BIRO), hydroamination, and a Diels–Alder reaction of functionalized allyl-(2-allylphenyl) amines in the presence of a catalytic amount of Grubbs' second-generation catalyst, base (tBuOK), and [AuCl (PPh 3)]/AgOTf. Herein, we also ...