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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Amjad Ali, Freehold, NJ (US);
Peter J. Sinclair, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Gayle E. Taylor, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Amjad Ali, Freehold, NJ (US);
Peter J. Sinclair, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Gayle E. Taylor, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 265/10 (2006.01); C07D 413/06 (2006.01); A61K 31/5355 (2006.01); A61K 31/535 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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 (I), Ais a cyclic group, and B is a cyclic group which is attached to the heterocyclic ring directly or through a methylene group.