Total synthesis of ring-c aromatic 18-nor steroid1 1 Abstracted in part from the Ph.D. thesis (1970) of B.G.H.A part of this work appeared in a preliminary communication (see [7]).

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(80)80231-6

The total synthesis of (±)-11-methoxy-18-nor-5χ and 5β-androsta-8(9),11,13(14)-triene-3,17-dione is reported.