Abstract: This disclosure describes novel 15-deoxy-16-hydroxy-16-substituted prostanoic acids and congeners thereof having utility as bronchodilators as hypotensive agents, and as agents for the control of excessive gastric secretion.

Abstract: For inhibiting corrosion and scale on ferrous metal parts in a circulating water system there is added to the water in such system from 10 to 500 ppm of a partial ester of a polyfunctional acid having a free carboxylate, phosphonate or sulfonate group and another carboxyl group which is esterified with a polyoxyalkylated derivative of an alkyl, alkaryl, or alkenyl alcohol having a terminal hydrocarbon group of 8-20 carbon atoms. In some preferred embodiments there is added with the partial ester from 10 to 500 ppm of a dispersible enhancing agent which may also include a surface active agent for dispersing the agent in water. Preferred partial esters include partial esters of citric, malic, tartaric, maleic, adipic and phthalic acids partially esterified with an alkyl polyoxyethylene alcohol having 2 to 4 ethoxy groups.

Abstract: Total synthesis of known progestationally active steroidal materials. The steroids can be synthesized depending on the particular starting reactants selected by employing as intermediates bicyclic compounds of the formula ##STR1## WHEREIN M IS AN INTEGER HAVING A VALUE OF 1 TO 2; R.sub.4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; Z is lower alkylenedioxy, CH(OR.sub.2) and carbonyl; R.sub.8 when taken alone is hydrogen, R.sub.9 when taken alone is lower alkoxy-carbonyl, aryloxy-carbonyl, lower cycloalkyloxy-carbonyl, carbonyl-halide, hydrogen, carboxy, formyl and methylene-X, where X is a leaving group and when taken together are methylene; with the proviso that when Z is carbonyl R.sub.8 when taken alone is hydrogen; R.sub.9 when taken alone is carbonyl halide, hydrogen, carboxy, formyl and methylene-X where X is a leaving group and when taken together are methylene and R.sub.