Pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidine derivative, process for its production,

Abstract

A pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidine derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is lower alkyl or phenyl, R.sup.2 is --A--CO.sub.2 R.sup.21 (wherein A is alkylene having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted by alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and R.sup.21 is lower alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms), --CH.sub.2 CO-phenyl, a saturated or unsaturated, straight chain or branched aliphatic group having from 3 to 16 carbon atoms, phenyl-lower alkyl, --CH.sub.2 CN, chloro substituted phenyl-lower alkyl or ##STR2## (wherein R.sup.22 is hydrogen or lower alkyl), and R.sup.3 is a saturated or unsaturated, straight chain or branched aliphatic group having from 2 to 22 carbon atoms, phenyl-lower alkyl, benzyloxy substituted phenyl-lower alkyl, lower alkyl substituted or unsubstituted 2-(phenylmethyloxy)ethyl, cyclohexylcyclohexyl, methylcyclohexyl, 3-thia-n-heptyl, 3,6-dioxa-n-decyl, 4-oxo-n-pentyl or 2-hydroxyethyl. Intermediates and processes of making the compounds of formula I are also disclosed. The compounds of formula I are useful as antihyperlipidemic agents.