The aculeatins are natural and biologically active products isolated from Amomum aculeatum, a plant used in folk medicine of Papua New Guinea to treat fever and malaria. The synthetical approach developed for the total enantioselective synthesis of aculeatins exploits a phenolic oxidation linked to a spiroannulation as key reactions. While studying diastereoselective aldol reaction for the synthesis of aculeatins, the field of application of 1,3-anti induction (PMB) was enlarged to sterically non hindered substrates. In addition, we developed a 1,3-syn induction (Tr), reaction rarely described in the literature.Once the synthesis achieved, two topics were developed. The first research thematic aimed at the study of the phenolic oxidation, a...