Inventors:
Peng C. Tang - Bloomfield NJ
Milan R. Uskokovic - Upper Montclair NJ
Assignee:
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. - Nutley NJ
International Classification:
A61K 3135
C07D30930
Abstract:
A compound and process of making thereof of formula ##STR1## wherein R. sub. 1 is hydrogen; and A is alkyl; cycloalkyl; alkenyl; alkyl substituted with trifluoromethyl; phenyl; halophenyl; phenyl-C. sub. 1-3 alkyl; phenyl-C. sub. 1-3 alkyl substituted on the phenyl with 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of halo, C. sub. 1-3 alkyl, and C. sub. 1-3 alkoxy; or A is ##STR2## wherein Z is lower alkyl; R. sub. 2 is hydrogen or ##STR3## R. sub. 3 is hydrogen or methyl, and n is 1 to 5; Y is phenyl, is phenyl substituted by 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of halo, lower alkyl, and lower alkoxy; Y' is hydrogen or methyl; and b and d are carbon-carbon bonds or c is a carbon-carbon bond; or the corresponding hydroxy acid of formula ##STR4## wherein A, and R. sub. 1, R. sub. 2, R. sub. 3, Y and Y' are as described above, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said acid, an alkyl ester of said acid, an acetylamino-substituted-C. sub. 1-4 alkyl ester of said acid, a phenyl-dimethylamino ester of said acid or a. alpha.