摘要 |
Compounds which are useful as inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis and thus as hypocholesterolemic agents are provided which have the structure <IMAGE> wherein R is OH, or salts thereof or lower alkoxy; R<x> is H or alkyl; X is -CH2-,-CH2-CH2-,-CH=CH-, -C IDENTICAL C-, -CH2CH2CH2- or -CH2O- (where O is linked to Z); Z is a hydrophobic anchor, such as <IMAGE> wherein the dotted lines represent optional double bonds. New intermediates used in preparing the above compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and a method for using such compounds to inhibit cholesterol biosynthesis are also provided. |
申请人 |
E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, INC., PRINCETON, N.J., US |
发明人 |
KARANEWSKY, DONALD STEVEN, EAST WINDSOR, N.J., US;BADIA, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER, LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J., US;BILLER, SCOTT ADAMS, EWING, N.J., US;GORDON, ERIC MICHAEL, PENNINGTON, N.J., US;SOFIA, MICHAEL JOSEPH, LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J., US |