The stereocontrolled assembly of epoxy quinol 2 is described. Diels-Alder cycloaddition between 2-bromo-5-acetoxyjuglone (5) and 3-[(triisopropylsilyl)oxy]-1-vinylcyclohexene (6c) followed by saponification provided quinone 11b in good overall yield. Oxygenation of a tetrahydrofuran solution of 11b in the presence of tetrabutylammonium fluoride resulted in the production of epoxy alcohols alpha-12b and alpha-13b. Epoxy alcohol alpha-12b was converted to epoxy quinol 2 in five steps. A key transformation of the latter reaction sequence was a C1 hydroxyl-directed reduction of the C12 keto group (20 --> 21). The assigned structure of 2 was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray analysis.