Saturated fatty acid amides as inhibitors of acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase

A compound having the formula:

• ##STR3## wherein A is an unbranched hydrocarbon group containing from one to twenty carbon atoms and which may contain from one to three carbon-carbon double bonds;
• R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl of from one to four carbon atoms or phenylmethyl;
• R.sub.2 is alkyl of from one to four carbon atoms or phenylmethyl;
• or
• R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 when taken together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form a saturated carbocyclic ring of from three to seven carbon atoms;
• B is selected from ##STR4## where n is zero or one, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, and R.sub.5 are independently selected from
• hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, trifluromethyl, alkyl of from one to four carbon atoms, and alkoxy of from one to four carbon atoms;