α-Phosphonosulfinate compounds are provided which inhibit the enzyme squalene synthetase and thereby inhibit cholesterol biosynthesis. These compounds have the formula
wherein R² is OR⁵ or R5a; R³ and R⁵ are independently H, alkyl, arylalkyl, aryl or cycloalkyl; R5a is alkyl, arylalkyl or aryl; R⁴ is H or pharmaceutically acceptable cation;, Z is H, halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkenyl; and R¹ is a lipophilic group which contains at least 7 carbons and is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, mixed alkenyl-alkynyl, aryl, arylalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, cycloheteroalkylalkyl;
including pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
α-膦酰亚
磺酸盐化合物可抑制
角鲨烯合成酶,从而抑制
胆固醇的
生物合成。这些化合物的
化学式为
其中 R² 是 OR⁵ 或 R5a ;R³ 和 R⁵ 独立地是 H、烷基、芳烷基、芳基或环烷基;R5a 是烷基、芳烷基或芳基;R⁴ 是 H 或药学上可接受的阳离子;Z 是 H、卤素、低级烷基或低级烯基;和 R¹ 是亲脂基团,至少含有 7 个碳,并且是烷基、烯基、炔基、混合烯基-炔基、芳基、芳烷基、环烷基、环烷基烷基、杂芳基、杂芳基烷基、环杂烷基、环杂烷基烷基;
包括药学上可接受的盐类。