Features of process of oxidative lactonization of 3-oxooleanolic and 3-oxoursolic acids under treatment with ozone were established. The similarity of the processes consists in generation of 3-oxooleanolic or 3-oxoursolic 13β,28-lactones with 12-oxo or 12-hydroxy group. In the case of ursane derivative the generation exclusively of compounds with β-oriented 12-hydroxy group was observed, in the case of oleanane lactones prevailingly compounds with α-oriented 12-hydroxy group were obtained. The processes differ by the generation of the product of allylic oxidation, 3,11-dioxoursolic acid, or the isolation of the product of the lactone cycle opening with participation of the solvent, 3,12-dioxoolean-28-olic acid.Oleanolic and ursolic acids, belonging to triterpenoids of the series of β-and α-amirine, are widely spread in plants and exhibit various pharmacological properties [1, 2]. One of the directions of their modification is the oxyfunctionalization of cycles А, C, and E, leading to new bioactive compounds [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14].One of the successful examples of oxidative functionalization of oleanolic acid that should be mentioned is the synthesis of 2-cyano-3,12-dioxo-olean-1 (2),9(11)-dien-28-olic acid (CDDO), possessing antiphlogistic, antitumor, antidiabetic, and antiangiogenic activity [15][16][17][18][19]. Methyl ester CDDO (methyl bardoxolone) passed the first phase of clinical trials as a drug for cancer treatment and second phase as a drug for treatment of chronical kidney diseases for patients suffering from sugar diabetes of the second type [5]. 12-Hydroxy-11-oxoolean-12-enes[3] exhibited a high cytotoxicity. 3β,12α-Dihydrooxyoleanolic 13β,28-olide is the key intermediate in the synthesis of endoteline of A receptors and a promising antidiabetic agent [8]. 2-Cyano-3-oxo-12α-fluorours-1-ene-13β,28-olide is effective against the cancer cells of pancreatic gland [20]. One of the products of oxidative transformation of ursolic acid in the presence of ruthenium porphyrins, 12β-hydroxyurs-11-ene-13β,28-olide, proved to be active against the cancer cells of human skin А431 [9, 10].Despite the fact that triterpenoids of the series of α-and β-amirine have very close structure and differ only by the position of a single methyl group in the E cycle, there is a significant difference in their oxidation processes. For example, the oxidation of methyl ursolate with ozone proceeds with generation of 12-oxo-11S,13R-oxetane fragment in the cycle С [21], whereas the oxidation of methyl oleanate leads to methyl 12-oxooleane [22]. Different courses of oxidation processes of triterpenoids belonging to the α-and β-amirine series with reagents like m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid and HCOOH-H 2 O 2 underlie their separation in the form of oxyderivatives, because in plants these metabolites often accompany each other [3,23,24].In continuation of our research on the oxidative transformations of vegetable terpenoids [25][26][27][28][29][30][31] we investigated in the present study the oxidation of С 12 =С 13 bond...