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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1993
Jeffrey P Bergman, Ridgefield Park, NJ (US);
Donald W Graham, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Gary H Rasmusson, Watchung, NJ (US);
Richard L Tolman, Warren, NJ (US);
Derek Von Langen, Fanwood, NJ (US);
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 hydrogen or methyl; R.sub.2 is methyl; R.sub.3 hydrogen, Alk-R.sub.4, X-Alk, C.sub.1-6 -X-Alk, XCO-Alk, CN, CO-Alk, CO-Ar, CO-O-Alk, CO-NH-Alk, CO-NH-Ar, CO-NH-Het and CO-N(Alk).sub.2 ; Alk is C.sub.1-12 straight or branched alkyl; Ar is phenyl, Het is piperidinyl, piperizinyl, pyrrolidinyl, pyrrolyl, furanyl or thienyl and X is O, N or S. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of pathologic conditions that benefit from blockade of isozymes of 5.alpha.-reductase.