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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2010
Amjad Ali, Freehold, NJ (US);
Joann Bohn, North Plainfield, NJ (US);
Qiaolin Deng, Edison, NJ (US);
Zhijian LU, Clinton, NJ (US);
Peter J. Sinclair, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Gayle Taylor, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Christopher Thompson, Clark, NJ (US);
Nazia Quraishi, Vienna, VA (US);
Amjad Ali, Freehold, NJ (US);
Joann Bohn, North Plainfield, NJ (US);
Qiaolin Deng, Edison, NJ (US);
Zhijian Lu, Clinton, NJ (US);
Peter J. Sinclair, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Gayle Taylor, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Christopher Thompson, Clark, NJ (US);
Nazia Quraishi, Vienna, VA (US);
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
Compounds 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 1, Aand A2 are each an aromatic ring, a 5-6-membered heterocyclic ring, an aromatic ring fused to a heterocyclic ring, a phenyl ring fused to a heterocyclic ring, or a cycloalkyl ring.