The total syntheses of the enantiomers of two novel brominated polyacetylenic natural products diplynes C and E are reported. Pd and Cu(I)-catalyzed coupling reactions were employed to synthesize the diyne and enyne units. The stereochemistry of the terminal (E)-alkenyl bromide in diplyne C was constructed stereoselectively using Brown’s hydroboration–bromination procedure. The stereochemistry of the internal (E)-double bond in diplyne E was established using a Takai reaction. The stereocenter was derived from d-mannitol.