Inventors:
Jeffrey T. Billheimer - West Chester PA
Peter J. Gillies - Hockessin DE
C. Anne Higley - Newark DE
Thomas P. Maduskuie - Wilmington DE
Ruth R. Wexler - Wilmington DE
Assignee:
Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical Company - Wilmington DE
International Classification:
A61N 31415
C07D23366
Abstract:
This invention relates to imidazoles as inhibitors of acyl-CoA: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT), processes for their preparation, and their use as antihypercholesterolemic agents or antiatherosclerotic. The compounds for use in the described method are compounds of Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R. sup. 1 and R. sup. 2 are selected independently from H, C. sub. 1 -C. sub. 8 alkyl, C. sub. 3 -C. sub. 8 branched alkyl, C. sub. 3 -C. sub. 7 cycloalkyl, C. sub. 4 -C. sub. 10 cycloalkylalkyl, C. sub. 7 -C. sub. 14 araalkyl, phenyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups selected from F, Cl, Br, OH, C. sub. 1 -C. sub. 4 alkoxy, C. sub. 1 -C. sub. 4 alkyl, C. sub. 3 -C. sub. 8 branched alkyl, CH. sub. 3 S(O). sub. r, NO. sub. 2, CF. sub. 3, or NR. sup. 7 R. sup. 8 ; R. sup. 3 is H, C. sub. 1 -C. sub. 6 alkyl, allyl, benzyl, or phenyl optionally substituted with F, Cl, CH. sub. 3, CH. sub. 3 O, or CF. sub. 3 ; R. sup.