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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerard J Hickey, Westfield, NJ (US);
Douglas J Pettibone, Chalfont, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514212 ; 5142268 ; 5142358 ; 514747 ; 514249 ; 514250 ; 514252 ; 514253 ; 514254 ; 514255 ;
Abstract
Oxytocin receptor antagonists of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.12 is hydrogen, alkoxycarbonyl or unsubstituted of substituted alkyl; R.sup.13 is hydrogen, alkoxyl, aralkoxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonylamino, unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted amino, unsubstituted or substituted rings of the formulae ##STR2## unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful for increasing fertility rates, embryonic survival and overall reproductive efficiency in farm animals.