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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1997
Filed:
May. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terrence M Ciccarone, Telford, PA (US);
Christopher J Dinsmore, North Wales, PA (US);
Gerald E Stokker, Gwynedd Valley, PA (US);
John S Wai, Harleysville, PA (US);
Theresa M Williams, Harleysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514416 ; 514418 ; 514576 ; 514649 ; 548472 ; 548486 ; 564162 ;
Abstract
The present invention comprises peptidomimetic compounds which comprise a suitably aniline and aminoalkylbenzene moieties. The instant compounds inhibit the farnesyl-protein transferase enzyme and the farnesylation of certain proteins. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for inhibiting farnesyl-protein transferase and the farnesylation of the oncogene protein Ras.