Patent number: 7300951
Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), are provided where T is CHO, CON, or C(OH)R1R2; R1 and R2 are hydrogen, optionally substituted lower alkyl, CF3, optionally substituted alkenyl, or optionally substituted alkynyl; R3 is hydrogen or optionally substituted lower alkyl; R4 is (CF3)nalkyl, (CF3)n(substitutedalkyl), (CF3)nalkylphenyl, (CF3)nalkyl(substitutedphenyl), or (F)ncycloalkyl; n=1-3; R5 is hydrogen, halogen, CF3, diene fused to Y when Y?C, or substituted diene fused to Y when Y?C; W, Y and Z are C, CR6 or N where at least one of W, Y or Z are C; R6 is hydrogen, halogen, or optionally substituted lower alkyl; X is O, S, SO2, or NR7; R7 is hydrogen, optionally substituted lower alkyl, optionally substituted benzyl, or optionally substituted phenyl; and R8 is lower alkyl, CF3, or optionally substituted phenyl. Methods of preparing and using these compounds for inhibiting beta amyloid production and for treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and Down's syndrome are also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 26, 2004
Date of Patent:
November 27, 2007
Assignee:
Wyeth
Inventors:
Anthony Frank Kreft, Lynn Resnick, Scott Christian Mayer, George Diamantidis, Derek Cecil Cole, Boyd Lynn Harrison, Minsheng Zhang, Molly Hoke, Tingzhong Wang, Rocco John Galante
