| abstract |
Pharmaceutically useful compounds having ACAT inhibitory activity of formula (I), wherein n is 0, 1 or 2, for X other than tetrazole and n = 2 then R2 = R3 = H; R1 is phenyl, substituted phenyl, naphthyl, substituted naphthyl, a heteroaromatic group or a hydrocarbon group having from one to 18 carbon atoms; R2 and R3 are hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, a heteroaryl, or form a spiroalkyl group; X is a heteromonocyclic 5-membered ring containing one to four heteroatoms, said heteroatoms being nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, and combination thereof; and R4 is a hydrocarbon group having from one to 20 carbon atoms are described as well as methods of their manufacture. |