The total synthesis of the denticulatins 1 is described. Key feature is the efficient generation of the C-1-to-C-9 building block 37 by three consecutive stereoselective carbon - carbon bond-forming steps using chiral allylboronates. The C-10-to-C-17 building block was obtained by kinetic Sharpless resolution of an allylic alcohol followed by an Ireland-Claisen rearrangement.