Patent number: 3992386
Abstract: Phenoxyacetic acids of the formula ##SPC1##Wherein R.sub.1 is H or alkyl of 1-4 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is H, or when R.sub.4 is Q, also alkyl of 1-4 carbon atoms; R.sub.3 is methyl, phenyl or chlorophenyl; and R.sub.4 is piperidino, isoindolino, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolino, 1-R.sub.5 -1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-quinolyl, 4-piperidinophenyl, 4-piperidinophenoxy, 1-pyrryl, or Q, wherein R.sub.5 is H or alkyl of 1-4 carbon atoms; and Q is 4-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolino, 4-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolino, 4-chromanyl, 4-thiochromanyl or 1-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-quinolyl; and the salts thereof, possess cholesterol level-lowering activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 8, 1974
Date of Patent:
November 16, 1976
Assignee:
Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
Inventors:
Erich Schacht, Werner Mehrhof, Herbert Nowak, Zdenek Simane, Detlev Kayser