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Let′s get practical: A new practical synthetic strategy for natural sterols starting from pregnan-(16S,20S)-diols and steroid-(16S),22-lactones is presented. A tandem double oxymercuration–demercuration and a substitution–ketalization cascade are considered as the key reactions for the construction of the spiroketal rings.
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