Robinson annulation of coprostanone (1) at the 2,3- and 3,4-positions gave two pentacyclic enones (7 and 10) that contain A/B-cis-fused ring junctions. Reduction of these enones gave the pentacyclic steroidal ketones 2 alpha,3beta- (8) and 2 alpha,3 alpha-(3'-oxocyclohexano)-5 beta-cholestane (9) and 4 alpha,3beta- (11) and 4 alpha,3 alpha-(3'-oxocyclohexano)-5 beta-cholestane (12). The structures of compounds 8, 9, and 11 were unambiguously established by X-ray analysis. TiCl4-promoted trimerization of compounds 8 and 11 gave the "supertristeroids" 4 and 5, respectively: large (C93) chiral, hydrocarbon clefts with C3-symmetric pockets approximately 12 A in diameter.
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