BF3·OEt2-catalyzed tandem Prins Friedel-Crafts reaction: a novel synthesis of sugar fused diarylhexahydro-2H-furo[3,2-b]pyrans

d-Glucose based homoallylic alcohol reacts smoothly with various aldehydes in the presence of arenes and a catalytic amount of BF3·OEt2 under mild conditions to afford a novel series of 5,7-diaryl-hexahydro-2H-furo[3,2-b]pyrans in good yields with high cis-selectivity.