The Dupont Merck Pharmaceutical Company

Bristol-Myers Squibb Compnay

E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Jeffrey T Billheimer

Peter John Gillies

Ruth Richmond Wexler

C Anne Higley

Thomas P Maduskuie, Jr

Richard Gerald Wilde

Soo Sung Ko

Karyn O'Neil

George A Boswell

Wendell W Wilkerson

Timothy C Burn

Gregory Franklin Hollis

Dietmar A Seiffert

James M Trzaskos

Dong Cheng

Ira B Dicker

Spencer Drummond, Jr

Indawati De Lucca

James J Devenny

Leah A Breth

Jeannine M Hollis

Henry J George

Jennifer E Kochie

The present application describes methods of treating obesity using DGAT-1 inhibitors according to Formula I: including all prodrugs, solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and stereoisomers, wherein R, R, R, Rand Z are described herein.

Use of thianecarboxamides as dgat inhibitors

Detection of patients at risk for developing integrin antagonist/agonist mediated disease states

The present invention provides compounds of Formula I, ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, which are inhibitors of acyl-Coenzyme A: cholesterol O-acyltransferase (ACAT), pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for the preparation of such compounds, and the use of such compounds as antihypercholesterolemic and/or antiatherosclerotic agents.

Derivatives of cyclic ethers and sulfides for the treatment of

Antihypercholesterolemic bis-trifluoromethyl-substituted imidazolines

Disclosed are compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are selected independently from H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 unbranched alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 branched alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.4 -C.sub.10 cycloalkylalkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.14 araalkyl, 2-, 3- or 4-pyridinyl, 2-thienyl, 2-furanyl, phenyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups selected from F, Cl, Br, OH, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 branched alkyl, CH.sub.3 S(O).sub.r, NO.sub.2, CF.sub.3, or NR.sup.7 R.sup.8 ; or ##STR2## where L is O, O(CH.sub.2).sub.m+1 O, or (CH.sub.2).sub.m where m is 0-4; R.sup.3 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, allyl, benzyl, or phenyl optionally substituted with F, Cl, CH.sub.3, CH.sub.3 O, or CF.sub.3 ;

Imidazoles for the treatment of atherosclerosis

Disclosed are imidazoles as inhibitors of acylCoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT), processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and their use as antihypercholesterolemics and/or antiatherosclerotics.

This invention relates to imidazoles as inhibitors of acyl-CoA: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT), processes for their preparation, and their use as antihypercholesterolemic agents or antiatherosclerotic. The compounds for use in the described method are compounds of Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are selected independently from H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 branched alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.4 -C.sub.10 cycloalkylalkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.14 araalkyl, phenyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups selected from F, Cl, Br, OH, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 branched alkyl, CH.sub.3 S(O).sub.r, NO.sub.2, CF.sub.3, or NR.sup.7 R.sup.8 ; R.sup.3 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, allyl, benzyl, or phenyl optionally substituted with F, Cl, CH.sub.3, CH.sub.3 O, or CF.sub.3 ; R.sup.4 is straight chain C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl optionally substituted with F; C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 branched alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.4 -C.sub.10 cycloalkylalkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.14 aralkyl where the aryl group is optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or alkoxy, F, Br, Cl, NH.sub.2, OH, CN, CO.sub.2 H, CF.sub.3, NO.sub.2, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 carboalkoxy, NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, or NCOR.sup.7 ; C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkenyl or alkynyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 perfluoroalkyl, phenyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 branched alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4, alkoxy, F, Br, Cl, NH.sub.2, OH, CN, CO.sub.2 H, CF.sub.3, NO.sub.2, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 carboalkoxy, NR.sup.7 R.sup.8 or NCOR.sup.7 ; pentafluorophenyl, benzyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or alkoxy, F, Br, Cl, NH.sub.2, OH, CN, CO.sub.2 H, CF.sub.3, NO.sub.2, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 carboalkoxy, NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, or NCOR.sup.7 ; 2-, 3-, or 4- or pyrindinyl, pyrimidinyl, or biphenyl; R.sup.5 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or benzyl; R.sup.6 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 branched alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 alkenyl of alkynyl, phenyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or alkoxy, F, Br, Cl, NH.sub.2, OH, CN, CO.sub.2 H, CF.sub.3, NO.sub.2, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 carboalkoxy, NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, or NCOR.sup.7 ; pentafluorophenyl, benzyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or alkoxy, F, Br, Cl, NH.sub.2, OH, CN, CO.sub.2 H, CF.sub.3, NO.sub.2, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 carboalkoxy, NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, or NCOR.sup.7 ; R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are selected independently from H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; A is C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 branched alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 alkenyl, or C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 alkynyl; Y is O; Z is NHR.sup.4, OR.sup.4, or R.sup.4 ; r is 0-2, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Use of imidazoles for the treatment of atherosclerosis

Antihypercholesterolemic thioimidazoles of the formula ##STR1## or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently are H, F, Cl, CF.sub.3, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms;

Antihypercholesterolemic 4,5-diaryl-2-substituted thioimidazoles

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Jeffrey T Billheimer