“…We next tested the transformation of trienone with a mixture of acetyl chloride, acetic anhydride and pyridine, which was another system of enol acetylation reported by Toh's group. 10 We found that the reaction proceeded well employing this system and the product 5 was obtained in higher yield (85%), after crystallization from methanol. Next, the cholesta-1,5,7-trien-3β-ol (6) was carried out by reduction of tetraene 5 with Ca(BH 4 ) 2 in ether at 0 °C (Scheme 1).…”