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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
John J Baldwin, Gwynedd Valley, PA (US);
Wasyl Halczenko, Hatfield, PA (US);
George Hartman, Lansdale, PA (US);
Steven M Pitzenberger, Lansdale, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514539 ; 514400 ; 514419 ; 514423 ; 514533 ; 514547 ; 548342 ; 548496 ; 548532 ; 548535 ; 560 16 ; 560 39 ; 560 40 ; 560153 ; 560169 ; 560170 ; 562426 ; 562444 ; 562445 ; 562557 ; 562559 ; 562564 ; 562567 ;
Abstract
Prodrugs of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutarylcoenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors which are useful as antihypercholesterolemic agents and are represented by the following general structural formula (I): ##STR1## the amido ester moiety of which is in the L-configuration, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed.