By means of Reformatsky reaction between methyl γ-bromocrotonate and 7-methoxy-1-keto-2-methyl-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydrophenanthrene, methyl y-(1-hydroxy-7-methoxy-2-methyl-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydrophenanthrene)-1-crotonate was obtained. This compound was reduced with 5% Pd-C in absolute ethyl alcohol. The reduced ester was hydrolyzed with 2 N KOH, and. then acidified to give y-l-hydroxy-7-methoxy-2-methyl-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydrophenanthrene-l-butyric acid. This hydroxy acid was cyclized with F205 in benzene to the methyl ether of dehydrohomoequilenin. With 5% Pd}C as catalyst this unsaturated ketone was reduced in thiophene-free benzene to the methyl ether of dl-homoequilenin, which was demethylated to d}l-homoequilenin with 48% HBr. Its identity was established by mixed melting point with a sample prepared by Bachmann and Holmes. The methyl ether of dl-homoequilenin was satisfactorily degraded with KOI into β-7-methoxy-2-methyl-2-carboxy-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydrophenanthrene-l}propionic acid. The dimethyl ester prepared from this dibasic acid with diazomethane was cyclized to 16-carbmethoxy equilenin, which was readily decarboxylated and demethylated into dl-equilenin, the identity of which was established by mixed melting point with a sample prepared by Bachmann, Cole and Wilds.