3) have also been prepared and these oZen exhibit novel properLes due to the effects of the heteroatoms on the systems. 3 The spirocyclic scaffold is most oZen prepared from the reacLons of fluorenols in acidic media (eq 1). 4 Despite considerable effort to incorporate heteroatoms in these aromaLc spirocycles, there has yet to be successful syntheses of imidazole-containing fluorenyl spirocycles. A recent patent has described the synthesis of benzimidazole-containing spirocycles. 5 Beyond that intellectual property disclosure, this is largely an unexplored area of chemistry. In the following manuscript, we describe a syntheLc route to structurally diverse spirocycles with imidazole ring-substructures.