The products of the incubation of androst-5-ene-3,17-dione @a), 3B-hydroxyandrost-5-ene-17-one (2b), and androsta-3,s-diene-17-one ( The C-6P hydroxylation of androst-4-ene-3,17-dione (la) by R. arrhizus ATCC 11 145 proceeds via the A395-enol form of the ketone (1). In an attempt to gain further insight into this enzymic process, we have studied the metabolism of androst-5-ene-3,17-dione (2a), the corresponding 3P-alcohol (2b), and the A3.5-enol analogue 3, by R. arrhizus under a variety of conditions. In addition we have incubated a series of epoxy steroids and related compounds, 4-9.