Spirostanes react with BF3·Et2O/C6H5CHO/AcOH/CH2Cl2 to afford spiro[furan-indenes].
Benzylidenespirostanes react with BF3·Et2O/AcOH/CH2Cl2 to afford the same compounds.
The structure of the hereto unknown compounds were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR.
X-ray diffraction corroborated the proposed structures.