| Abstract: | Compounds of the formula: wherein R1 is H, C1-C3 alkyl, C3-C5 cycloalkyl or C1-C3 perfluoroalkyl; R2 is H, C1-C6 alkyl optionally substituted by OH, C1-C3 alkoxy or C3-C6 cycloalkyl, or C1-C3 perfluoroalkyl; R3 is C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C6 alkenyl, C3-C6 alkynyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, C1-C6 perfluoroalkyl or (C3-C6 cycloalkyl)C1-C6 alkyl; R4 taken together with the nitrogen atom to which it is attached completes a pyrrolidinyl, piperidino, morpholino, or 4-N-(R6)-piperazinyl group; R5 is H, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C3 alkoxy, NR7R8, or CONR7R8; R6 is H, C1-C6 alkyl, (C1-C3 alkoxy) C2- C6 alkyl, hydroxy C2-C6 alkyl, (R7R8N)C2-C6 alkyl, (R7R8NCO)C1-C6 alkyl, CONR7R8, CSNR7R8 or C(NH)NR7R8; R7 and R8 are each independently H, C1-C4 alkyl, (C1-C3 alkoxy)C2-C4 alkyl or hydroxy C2-C4 alkyl; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are selective cGMP PDE inhibitors useful in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders such as angina, hypertension, heart failure and atherosclerosis. |
