“…From the synthetic point of view, the tremendous effort dedicated to obtain a number of synthetic analogs has led to development of some convenient, effective and general methods of synthesis applicable to this compound class [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 ]. In this work, we describe the synthesis of new 2-deoxybrassinosteroid analogs bearing a shorter side chain but retaining the diol function, i.e., a 3α-hydroxy-24-nor-22,23-dihydroxy-5α-cholestane side chain type.…”