title: A versatile and general one-pot method for synthesizing bis-spiroketal motifs.
abstract: [reaction: see text] A versatile and general method for the biomimetic construction of [5,5,5]- and [6,5,6]-bis-spiroketals, starting from easily accessible furan nuclei, by means of a powerful one-pot singlet oxygen-mediated cascade sequence is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Vasilika Vouton, 71003 Iraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Georgiou
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tofi
authors.forename: Tamsyn
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Montagnon
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vassilikogiannakis