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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
Amjad Ali, Freehold, NJ (US);
Zhijian LU, Clinton, NJ (US);
Peter J. Sinclair, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Gayle E. Taylor, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Christopher F. Thompson, Clark, NJ (US);
Cameron J. Smith, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Adrian A. Dowst, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Yi-heng Chen, Whippany, NJ (US);
Amjad Ali, Freehold, NJ (US);
Zhijian Lu, Clinton, NJ (US);
Peter J. Sinclair, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Gayle E. Taylor, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Christopher F. Thompson, Clark, NJ (US);
Cameron J. Smith, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Adrian A. Dowst, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Yi-Heng Chen, Whippany, NJ (US);
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
Compounds having the structure of Formula (I), including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis. In the compounds of Formula (I), B or Ris a phenyl group which has an ortho amine or aminomethyl substituent which is further substituted, and the other of B or Ris also a cyclic group.