The present invention provides a compound of the formula ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are useful in inhibiting protein farnesyltransferase and the farnesylation of the oncogene protein Ras or inhibiting de novo squalene production resulting in the inhibition of cholesterol biosynthesis, processes for the preparation of the compounds of the invention in addition to intermediates useful in these processes, a pharmaceutical composition, and to methods of using such compounds.
本发明提供了式子##STR1##的化合物或其药学上可接受的盐,它们在抑制蛋白质
法尼醇转移酶和致癌
基因蛋白Ras的
法尼醇化或抑制新生
角鲨烯产生从而抑制
胆固醇生物合成方面具有用途。本发明还提供了制备该化合物的方法以及在这些过程中有用的中间体,制药组合物以及使用这种化合物的方法。