Inventors:
Byron H. Arison - Watchung NJ
Michael D. Greenspan - New York NY
Joel B. Yudkovitz - Westfield NJ
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc. - Rahway NY
International Classification:
A61K 31365
C07D30930
Abstract:
Novel 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors which are useful as antihypercholesterolemic agents and are represented by the following general structural formulae (I) or (II): ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof the compounds of the formula (II) in which R is hydrogen are disclosed.