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We describe the stereoselective transformation of diosgenin () to (25R)-Delta(4)-dafachronic acid (), (25R)-Delta(7)-dafachronic acid (), and (25R)-cholestenoic acid (), which represent potential ligands for the hormonal receptor DAF-12 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Key-steps of our synthetic approach are a modified Clemmensen reduction of diosgenin () and a double bond shift from the 5,6- to the 7,8-position. In the 25R-series, the Delta(7)-dafachronic acid exhibits the highest hormonal activity.