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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
William F Hoffman, Lansdale, PA (US);
Ta J Lee, Lansdale, PA (US);
Gerald E Stokker, Gwynedd Valley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560107 ; 560 45 ; 560 48 ; 560 53 ; 560119 ; 562455 ; 562462 ; 2604105 ; 514533 ; 514534 ; 514824 ; 514540 ;
Abstract
Mevinolin-like compounds in which the lactone is opened and the hydroxyl function produced thereby is replaced by an oxo function are potent HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors possessing one less asymmetric center.