The totalsynthesis of (+)-epiquinamide and (−)-epiepiquinamide has been achieved starting from a 3,5-dihydroxyfuranoside synthon derived from d-mannose. The methods featured Bernet-Vasella reaction followed by Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) reaction to provide a new chiral building block diene as the key steps. The bicyclic framework of this quinolizidine was constructed by using ring-closing metathesis