Toshiro lbuka,* G.-Namg Chu, and Fumio Yoneda Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan ... Total synthesis of (+)-perhydrogephyrotoxin (3) starting from 1,3-bis(trimethylsiloxy)buta-l,3-diene is presented; an efficient new decarboxylative reduction of y-carbamoyloxy-a,(3-enoate (14) by lithium dibutylcuprate is also presented. ... The structures of gephyrotoxin (1) and dihydrogephyrotoxin (2), isolated from the skin extract of the ...