Perhydrofluorenetetrol and perhydro-phenanthrenetetrol derivatives

Claim 1

A compound of the structure ##SPC95## wherein n is 1 or 2; n 1 is 0, 1 or 2; n 2 is 0, 1, 2, or 3; p is an integer of from 0 to 10; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an acyl radical having less than 12 carbon atoms selected from the group consisting of lower alkanoyl, lower alkenoyl, monocyclic aroyl, monocyclic aryl-lower alkanoyl, cycloalkanoyl, cycloalkenoyl, cycloalkyl-lower alkanoyl and cycloalkenyl-lower alkanoyl, lower alkyl, trifluoromethyl, monohalo-lower alkyl, lower alkoxy-carbonyl, amido and (lower alkoxy) alkylene wherein the alkylene group has 2 to 5 carbon atoms; R is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, and cycloalkyl; R 8 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, di-lower alkylamino-lower alkyl, hydroxy and R 9 O(CH 2 ) q -- wherein R 9 can be any of the R 1 to R 4 groups set forth above and q is an integer of from 1 to 10; and Y is ##EQU21## wherein R 5 and R 6 may be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halo-lower alkyl, monocyclic cycloalkyl, monocyclic cycloalkyl-lower alkyl, hydroxy-lower alkyl, monocyclic aryl or monocyclic aryl-lower alkyl; or ##EQU22## can be taken together to form a 5-, 6- or 7-membered nitrogen heterocyclic radical containing not more than one hetero atom in addition to the nitrogen atom, wherein said additional hetero atom may be oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur; wherein the term cycloalkyl refers to cycloalkyl groups having 3 to 6 carbon atoms and wherein the term aryl refers to phenyl or phenyl substituted with lower alkyl, halogen, nitro, or lower alkoxy; stereoisomers thereof, acid salts thereof, quaternary salts thereof and N-oxides thereof.