| abstract |
Novel bicycloheptene compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein A is C 2 -C 4 alkylene; X and B are each ethylene or vinylene; R 1 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 8 alkyl, C 4 -C 8 alkoxyalkyl, C 5 -C 7 cycloalkyl, C 5 -C 8 cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, C 7 -C 10 arylalkyl, C 7 -C 10 aryloxyalkyl; R 2 is hydrogen, or C 1 -C 4 alkyl; and Z is carboxyl, C 2 -C 5 alkoxycarbonyl or C 1 -C 5 carbamoyl, and its non-toxic salts, which are useful as antiulcers, gastric secretion inhibitors, central nervous system regulators, and labor inducing agents. |