A total synthesis of functionalised 8,14-seco steroids with five- and six-membered D rings is described. The synthesis is based on the transformation of (S)-carvone into a steroidal AB ring moiety with a side chain at C-9 that allowed the creation of a nitrile oxide at this position. The nitrile oxides were coupled with cyclic enones or enol derivatives of 1,3-diketones, and reductive cleavage of the obtained cycloadducts gave the desired products. The formation of a twelve-membered ring compound was observed in cycloaddition of one of the nitrile oxides with cyclopentenone as the result of an intramolecular ene-reaction followed by retroaldol reaction.