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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert L Smith, Lansdale, PA (US);
Wasyl Halczenko, Hatfield, PA (US);
George D Hartman, Lansdale, PA (US);
Gerald E Stokker, Gwynedd Valley, PA (US);
Edward S Inamine, Rahway, NJ (US);
Otto D Hensens, Red Bank, NJ (US);
David R Houck, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Ta J Lee, Lansdale, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514548 ; 560119 ; 549292 ; 514824 ;
Abstract
Novel 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors are useful as antihypercholesterolemic agents and are represented by the following general structural formula (II): ##STR1##