The synthesis of Krempene B, which can be isolated from the marine soft coral Cladiella krempfi, is achieved in 23.9% overall yield from commercially available 3β-acetoxy-5-pregnen-20-one by 11 steps. Key transformations include the dienone-phenol rearrangement of steroids and Wittig reaction.
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