AbstractAn efficient one‐pot method is described for the synthesis of a variety of di‐ and trisubstituted 4‐pyrones based on the gold‐catalyzed cascade reactions between cyclic or acyclic diazodicarbonyl compounds and vinyl ethers. The key strategy used involves the gold‐catalyzed Wolff rearrangement of diazo compounds followed by [4+2] cycloaddition and elimination. This methodology is also applied to the synthesis of tetrasubstituted 4‐pyrones.magnified image