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Tetraenyl prostaglandins

US4820728A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 1987
Grant dateApr 11, 1989
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C405/00
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention encompasses prostaglandins of the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents hydrogen or lower alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, vinyl, or lower alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and the wavy line represents R or S stereochemistry; R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are hydrogen or lower alkyl having 1 to 4 carbom atoms or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 together with carbon Y form a cycloalkenyl having 4 to 6 carbon atoms or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 together with carbons X and Y form a cycloalkenyl having 4 to 6 carbons. Compounds of this invention have potent gastric antisecretory and cytoprotective properties with unexpectedly low diarrheogenic side effects.

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