1 Institut des Sciences Moléculaires de Marseille UMR 6263 CNRS, Université d'Aix Marseille III, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Saint Jérôme, Marseille Cedex 20, France. [email protected]
Due to their high profile biological activity, the steroids are among the most important secondary metabolites. A review of literature on the synthesis of pentacyclic steroids is presented.