Compounds of Formula I, 1
wherein Y.sub.1, Y.sub.2, R.sub.1-R.sub.6, Q and Z are as defined herein,
are vitamin D derivatives. These compounds are useful for, e.g., the
treatment hyperprolifierative diseases of the skin, tumor diseases and
precancerous stages, auto-immune diseases, rejection reactions in the
case of autologous, allogenic or xenogenic transplants, AIDS, atopic skin
conditions, secondary hyperparathyroidism, renal osteodystrophia, senile
and postmenopausal osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus type II, degenerative
diseases of the peripheral and central nervous system, hypercalcemias,
granulomatous diseases, paraneoplastic hypercalcemias, hypercalcemias in
hyperparathyroidism, hirsutism, ateriosclerosis, and/or inflammatory
diseases.