Total synthesis of (−)‐daphenylline, a hexacyclic Daphniphyllum alkaloid, was achieved. Construction of the tricyclic DEF ring system was initiated by asymmetric Negishi coupling followed by an intramolecular Friedel–Crafts reaction. Installation of a side chain onto the tricycliccore was carried out through Sonogashira coupling, stereocontrolled Claisen rearrangement by taking advantage of the characteristic