8,12-Dialkyl-PGE, and PGF.sub.1.sub..alpha.

Abstract

Prostaglandins E.sub.1 -type and F.sub.1 -type compounds of the formula ##EQU1## wherein R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, inclusive, wherein W is ##EQU2## or O =, wherein R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10, R.sub.11, R.sub.12, R.sub.13, and R.sub.14 are hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, inclusive, provided (1) that at least one of R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10, R.sub.11, R.sub.12, R.sub.13, and R.sub.14 is alkyl (2) that when R.sub.13 is alkyl, at least one of R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10, R.sub.11, R.sub.12, and R.sub.14 is alkyl, and (3) that when R.sub.7 is alkyl or thwn R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are alkyl, at least one of R.sub.9, R.sub.10, R.sub.11, R.sub.12, R.sub.13, and R.sub.14 is alkyl; and the enantiomers and racemic mixtures thereof. These are useful for the same pharmacological purposes as the unsubstituted prostaglandins.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.