Patent ID: 6083940
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: C07J

Abstract:
A method for effecting contraception, comprising administering to a fertile mammalian male an effective contraceptive amount of a compound having the structural formula (II) or (III) ##STR14## wherein: R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl;R.sup.5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl;R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl and lower alkyl, or together form a single carbonyl group or are linked to provide a cycloalkyl or cycloxyalkyl group with 3 to 6 carbon atoms; andR.sup.8 and R.sup.9 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl.