The prior route to this natural product relied on an inefficient Bi-based O-arylation, pyrophoric reagents, numerous redox-fluctuations and functional group manipulations as part of a 17-step route. In contrast, the simple aryl iodide 74 could be subjected to electrocatalytic DCC-arylation with RAE 75, Ullman coupling with 76, e-NHK with RAE 77, RCM, and deprotection to furnish 78 in only six steps.