Abstract

A simplified, one-pot preparation of 16-dehydropregnenolone acetate (4) from diosgenin (1) using normal pressure and a much reduced temperature compared to known procedure was developed in an overall yield varied from 65 to 69 %. The method lends itself very well to industrial scale methodology.

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