Claims
- 1. A compound selected from the group consisting of an optically active compound of the formula: ##STR11## and the racemic mixture of that compound and its mirror image, wherein R.sub.1 is a lower alkyl group; R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, lower alkanoyloxy, lower alkylsulfonyloxy, tetrahydropyranyloxy, and tri-(lower alkyl)silyloxy; R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and an alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms; and the pharmaceutically acceptable cationic salts thereof when R.sub.3 is hydrogen.
- 2. A compound in accordance with claim 1 selected from the group consisting of the formula: ##STR12## wherein R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of methyl and ethyl, R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl, and the non-toxic cationic salts thereof when R.sub.2 is hydrogen.
- 3. The optically active compound according to claim 2 wherein R.sub.1 is methyl, and R.sub.3 is methyl; 11-deoxy-11.alpha.-methylprostaglandin E.sub.1 methyl ester.
- 4. The optically active compound according to claim 2 wherein R.sub.1 is ethyl, and R.sub.3 is methyl; 11-deoxy-11.alpha.-ethylprostaglandin E.sub.1 methyl ester.
- 5. The optically active according to claim 2 wherein R.sub.1 is ethyl,; 11-deoxy-11.alpha.-ethylprostaglandin E.sub.1.
- 6. The optically active compound according to claim 2 wherein R.sub.1 is .alpha.-methyl; 11.alpha.-methyl-11-deoxyprostaglandin E.sub.1.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 552,403, filed Feb. 24, 1975 U.S. Pat. No. 4,057,571, which is in turn a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 274,559, filed July 24, 1972 U.S. Pat. No. 4,141,914.
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