The first total syntheses of naturally occurring 6-methoxy-4-(2-phenylethyl)benzofuran (1) and 2,2-dimethyl-7-methoxy-5-(2-phenylethyl)chroman (2) and the non-natural 7-methoxy-5-(2-phenylethyl)chromen-2-one (3) are described from 3,5-dimethoxyphenylacetic acid in good yields.