Abstract: Biphenylylquinuclidine derivatives of formula I, Q--Ar.sup.1 --Ar.sup.2, in which Q is of formula Ia or Ib, ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, halogeno and hydroxy; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 when taken together define an oxo group; Xb is selected from --CH.sub.2 --, .dbd.CH-- and --CH(OH); Xa is selected from --CH.sub.2 --, .dbd.CH--, CO, --O--, and --S(O)n (wherein n=0, 1 or 2); Ar.sup.1 is a phenylene moiety; Ar.sup.2 is phenyl; and wherein one or both of Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.

Abstract: Quinuclidine derivatives of formula I, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen or hydroxy; R.sup.2 is hydrogen; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are joined together so that CR.sup.1 -CR.sup.2 is a double bond; Ar.sup.1 is a phenylene moiety; Ar.sup.2 is a 6-membered heteroaryl moiety containing one or two nitrogen atoms; and wherein one or both of Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.

Abstract: The invention concerns pharmaceutially useful heterocyclic nitromethane compounds of the formula I: ##STR1## in which ring Q is a heterocycle of 4 to 7 ring atoms, the fragment completing the ring Q having 2 to 5 atoms, one of which is carbon, oxygen, sulphur or a group of the formula --NRa--, and the remainder are carbon; Ra is hydrogen, (1-6C)alkyl, (2-6C)alkanoyl, trifluoroacetyl, phenyl, benzoyl, or phenyl(1-4C)alkyl, the latter three optionally substituted; and R.sup.1 R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently hydrogen, hydroxy, (1-6C)alkyl, (1-6C)alkoxy, phenyl, phenoxy or phenyl(1-4C)alkyl, the last three optionally substituted, or two of R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 situated on adjacent ring carbon atoms and together with said carbon atoms form a benzene ring fused to ring Q, the benzene ring itself optionally substituted, provided that when the fragment completion ring Q is of 3 atoms then at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is hydrogen; and salts thereof.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a novel sequence of reactions for manufacturing known prostaglandin intermediates, and to novel chemical intermediates obtained in the course of the novel reaction sequence, for example methyl 5.beta.-chloro-2.beta.-dimethoxymethyl-3.alpha.-hydroxycyclopent-1.alpha.- ylacetate.