The total synthesis of the racemic forms of the eremophilane-type sesquiterpenoids eremophilenolide (21, tetrahydroligularenolide (3). and aristolochene (4) is described. The octalone 7 was converted via an efficient, regioselective route into the keto ester 12, which served as a common synthetic intermediate for the preparation of the three sesquiterpenoids. Successive subjection of 12 t o alkylation, hydrolysis, and decarboxylation afforded the keto acid 14. Hydrogenation of the latter provided both the cis-fused keto acid 20, which was readily converted into (i)-eremophilenolide (2), and the trnr~s-fused keto acid 15, which was similarly transformed into (i)-tetrahydroligularenolide (3). Conversion of 12 into the dithioketal 23, followed by desulfurization and treatment of the resultant olefinic ester 2 5 with excess mcthyllithium, provided the olefinic alcohol 27. Dehydration of the latter yielded (i)-aristolochene (4).La synthese totale des formes rackmiques des sesquiterpCnoi'des erCmophilenolide (2) du type eremophilane, tCtrahydroligularenolide (3) et I'aristolochtne (4) est dCcrite. L'octalone 7 a CtC converti en passant par un chemin regiosklectif efficace en &to-ester 12, qui sert d'intermkdiaire synthktique commun pour la prCparation de trois sesquiterpenoi'des. Lorsque I'on soumet 12 successivement a une alcoylation,