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The structure elucidation of (+)-amphidinolide A, a cytotoxic macrolide, has been accomplishedby employing a combination of NMR chemical shift analysis and total synthesis. The 20-membered ring ofamphidinolide A was formed by a ruthenium-catalyzed alkene-alkyne coupling to forge the C15-C16bond. Using the reported structure 1 as a starting point, a number of diastereomers of amphidinolide Awere prepared. Deviations of the chemical shift of key protons in each isomer relative to the natural materialwere used as a guide to determine the locations of the errors in the relative stereochemistry. Thespectroscopic data for the synthetic and natural material are in excellent agreement.