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USO09556193B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,556,193 B2 Apgar et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jan. 31, 2017 (54) BENZIMIDAZOLE (52) U.S. Cl. HEXAHYDROFURO3.2-BFURAN CPC ........... C07D 493/04 (2013.01); A61 K3I/366 DERVATIVES (2013.01); A61 K3I/397 (2013.01); A61 K 31/4184 (2013.01); A61K 31/4196 (2013.01); (71) Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., A6 IK3I/427 (2013.01); A61K 31/4245 Rahway, NJ (US) (2013.01); A61 K3I/454 (2013.01); A61 K s 3 1/4985 (2013.01); A61K 3 1/506 (2013.01); (72) Inventors: James M. Apgar, Highland, NJ (US); A61K3I/5377 (2013.01); tests Ashok Arasappan, Bridgewater, NJ (US);Eight. Tesfaye E. Biftu, N.Freehold, Spung NJ (US); (58) SapplicationField of Classification is for Searchcomplete arch R" Guidry, Cranford, NJ (US); Jacqueline (56) References Cited Hicks, Scotch Plains, NJ (US); Ahmet Kekec, Jersey City, NJ (US); Kenneth U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS J. 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E622-E629, vol. 279. in the Reulation of Ketone Body Production by Astrocytes, Journal of Neurochemistry, 1999, p. 1674-1682, vol. 73. * cited by examiner US 9,556,193 B2 1. 2 BENZMDAZOLE hypertriglyceridemia; (3) low high-density lipoprotein cho HEXAHYDROFURO3.2-BFURAN lesterol (HDL); (4) high blood pressure; and (5) elevated DERVATIVES fasting glucose, which may be in the range characteristic of Type 2 diabetes if the patient is also diabetic. Each of these CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED symptoms is defined clinically in the Third Report of the APPLICATIONS National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cho This application is a U.S. National Phase application lesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III, or ATP III), under 35 U.S.C. S371 of PCT Application No. PCT/ National Institutes of Health, 2001, NIH Publication No. US2013/055246, filed on Aug. 16, 2013, which claims 10 01-3670. Patients with Metabolic Syndrome, whether or not priority from and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application they have or develop overt diabetes mellitus, have an No. 61/692,056, filed Aug. 22, 2012. increased risk of developing the macrovascular and micro vascular complications that occur with Type 2 diabetes. Such BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION as atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. 15 There are several available treatments for Type 2 diabetes, Diabetes is characterized by elevated levels of plasma each of which has its own limitations and potential risks.