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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1997
Charles G Caldwell, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Yuan-Ching Chiang, East Lyme, CT (US);
Conrad Dorn, Plainfield, NJ (US);
Paul Finke, Milltown, NJ (US);
Jeffrey Hale, Westfield, NJ (US);
Malcolm Maccoss, Freehold, NJ (US);
Sander Mills, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Albert Robichaud, Landenberg, PA (US);
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to certain novel compounds represented by structural formula I: ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R.sup.3, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.11, R.sup.12, R.sup.13, m, n and the dashed lines are defined herein. The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical formulations comprising these novel compounds as active ingredients and the use of the novel compounds and their formulations in the treatment of certain disorders. The compounds of this invention are tachykinin receptor antagonists and are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, pain or migraine, asthma and emesis.