Fluorooxirane carboxylates as hypoglycemic agents

Abstract

There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each, independently, hydrogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, haloloweralkyl, haloloweralkyl sulfonyl, halo or nitro; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, or aryl of 7-12 carbon atoms; ##STR2## A is --CH.sub.2 --, --O-- or --S--; m is 1-8; n is 0-7, with the proviso that m+n.ltoreq.8; or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and their use as fatty acid oxidation inhibitors possessing a significantly reduced potential for impairment of normal cardiac function, and having particular utility in the treatment of glucose and fatty acid metabolism disorders, such as diabetes.

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