December 28, 2004

Compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## are useful as inhibitors of cGMP PDE especially Type 5.

11

December 28, 2004

10/412,969

April 14, 2003

514/299   546/134

A61K   31/47   (20060101)   A61K   31/4709   (20060101)   C07D   405/00   (20060101)   C07D   401/00   (20060101)   C07D   401/12   (20060101)   C07D   405/12   (20060101)   C07D   215/00   (20060101)   C07D   215/48   (20060101)   C07D   215/42   (20060101)   C07D   215/54   (20060101)  

RELATED INVENTIONS This application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Application Ser. No. 60/230,267 filed Sep. 6, 2000 and is a divisional of Ser. No. 09/933,066, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,576,644, filed Aug. 20, 2001, both of which are included in their entirety by reference herein.

546/134   514/299