A series of contiguous all-carbon quaternary stereocentres with an arene-annulated polycyclic framework were constructed efficiently by a metal-free and atom economic acid-catalyzed method. The reactions could be performed by acid-catalyzed cationic cyclization and rearrangement under mild conditions. Moreover, the resulting polycyclic products showed highly twisted architectures with two perpendicular planes.
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