efficient and rapid synthesis of phloroglucideanalogsundermicrowaveirradiation is described. The solid-phase condensation reaction of the 4-halo-2,6-bis(hydroxymethyl)phenols 1a,b with other substituted phenols in the presence of ZnCl2 afforded the target molecules in much higher yields than by classical solution-phase synthesis and allowed us to prepare new phloroglucideanalogs possessing sensitive