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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
May. 23, 2002
James A. Sikorski, Des Peres, MO (US);
Richard C. Durley, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Deborah A. Mischke, Defiance, MO (US);
Emily J. Reinhard, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Yvette M. Fobian, Labadie, MO (US);
Michael B. Tollefson, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Lijuan Wang, Wildwood, MO (US);
Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Troy, IL (US);
Brian S. Hickory, Wildwood, MO (US);
Mark A. Massa, Ballwin, MO (US);
Monica B. Norton, St. Louis, MO (US);
William F. Vernier, St. Louis, MO (US);
Barry L. Parnas, University City, MO (US);
Michele A. Promo, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Ashton T. Hamme, St. Louis, MO (US);
Dale P. Spangler, Deerfield, IL (US);
Melvin L. Rueppel, St. Louis, MI (US);
Pharmacia Corporation, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Preferred tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds are substituted N,N-disubstituted fused-heterocyclo amines. A preferred specific N,N-disubstituted fused-heterocyclo amine is the compound: