We describe efforts to achieve a multigram synthesis of the tricyclic spiroacetal core of the lituarines based on the addition of acyl anion equivalent to 4-(2-furyl)butan-2-one (18). We report the first cases of chemoselective Achmatowicz reaction in the presence of a second furan ring that lacks an α-hydroxyl group. The use of lithiated methoxyallene provides an efficient one-step conversion of ketone