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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The total synthesis of racemic aldosterone (I) was achieved recently by <jats:italic>J. Schmidlin, G. Anner, J.‐R. Billeter</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>A. Wettstein</jats:italic><jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#note1" /><jats:fn><jats:p><jats:italic>A. Wettstein</jats:italic> at the XIVth International Congres of Pure and Applied Chemistry, July 1955, Zürich. Experientia <jats:bold>11</jats:bold>, 365 (1955).</jats:p></jats:fn> . Our own efforts in the field of the total synthesis of adrenal cortical hormones and derivatives will be described in the present and forthcoming papers<jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#note2" /><jats:fn><jats:p>See Experientia <jats:bold>11</jats:bold>, 365 (1955), footnote 2.</jats:p></jats:fn> </jats:p>

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