Statin derivatives

1. A compound of general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or stereoisomer thereof

wherein:

X is —O—, —S—, —NH— or —NHR 1 —, R 1 being straight or branched alkyl with 1 to 10 carbon atoms;

R is a statin residue of formula

Y is a bivalent radical having the following meaning:

a)

straight or branched C 1 –C 20 alkylene being optionally substituted with one or more of the substituents selected from the group consisting of: halogen atoms, hydroxy, —ONO 2 or T 0 , wherein T 0 is —OC(O)(C 1 –C 10 alkyl)—ONO 2 or —O(C 1 –C 10 alkyl)—ONO 2 ;

cycloalkylene with 5 to 7 carbon atoms in the cycloalkylene ring, the ring being optionally substituted with side chains T, wherein T is straight or branched alkyl with from 1 to 10 carbon atoms;

wherein n is an integer from 0 to 20, and n 1 is an integer from 1 to 20;

wherein:

n 1 is as defined above and n 2 is an integer from 0 to 2;

X 1 =—OCO— or —COO—and R 2 is H or CH 3 ;

wherein:

n 1 , n 2 , R 2 and X 1 are as defined above;

Y 1 is —CH 2 —CH 2 — or —CH=CH—(CH 2 ) n 2 —;

wherein:

n 1 and R 2 are as defined above, R 3 is H or COCH 3 ;

with the proviso that when Y is selected from bivalent radicals mentioned under b)-f), the —ONO 2 group is bound to —(CH 2 ) n 1 ;

wherein X 2 is —O— or —S—, n 3 is an integer from 1 to 6, R 2 is as defined above;

wherein:

n 4 is an integer from 0 to 10;

n 5 is an integer from 1 to 10;

R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 are the same or different, and are H or straight or branched C 1 –C 4 -alkyl;

wherein the —ONO 2 group is bound to

n 5 being as defined above;

Y 2 is a 5 or 6 member saturated, unsaturated or aromatic heterocyclic ring, containing one or more heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur.

2. A compound of general formula (I) and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or stereoisomer thereof according to claim 1 wherein:

X is —O— or —S—;

R is a statin residue as defined in claim 1 ;

Y is a bivalent radical having the following meaning:

a)

straight or branched C 1 –C 10 alkylene, being optionally substituted with T 0 , wherein T 0 is as defined in claim 1 ;

wherein n is an integer from 0 to 5, and n 1 is an integer from ito 5;

wherein:

n 1 is as defined above and n is an integer from 0 to 2;

X 1 =—OCO— or —COO— and R 2 is H or OH 3 ;

wherein:

n 1 , n 2 , R 2 and X 1 are as defined above;

Y 1 is —CH=CH—;

wherein:

n 1 and R 2 are as defined above, R 3 is H or COCH 3 ;

with the proviso that when Y is selected from the bivalent radicals mentioned under b)-f), the —ONO 2 group is bound to —(CH 2 ) n 1 ;

wherein X 2 is —O— or —S—, n 3 is an integer from 1 to 4, R 2 is as defined above;

wherein:

n 4 is an integer from 0 to 3;

n 5 is an integer from 1 to 3;

R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 are the same and are H;

and wherein the —ONO 2 group is linked to

Y 2 is a 6 member saturated, unsaturated or aromatic heterocyclic ring, containing one or more atoms of nitrogen.

3. A compound of formula (I) according to claim 1 , that is atorvastatin 4-(nitrooxy)butyl ester.

4. A compound of formula (I) according to claim 1 , that is atorvastatin 4-(nitrooxymethyl)-benzyl ester.

5. A compound of formula (I) according to claim 1 , that is atorvastatin 3-(nitrooxymethyl)-benzyl ester.

6. A compound of formula (I) according to claim 1 , that is atorvastatin 2-(nitrooxymethyl)-benzyl ester.

7. A compound of formula (I) according to claim 1 , that is atorvastatin 4-(nitrooxymethyl)-phenyl ester.

8. A compound of formula (I) according to claim 1 , that is atorvastatin 3-(nitrooxymethyl)-phenyl ester.

9. A compound of formula (I) according to claim 1 , that is atorvastatin 2-(nitrooxymethyl)-phenyl ester.

10. A compound of formula (I) according to claim 1 , that is atorvastatin 2-[2′-(nitrooxy)ethyloxy]ethyl ester.

11. A compound of formula (I) according to claim 1 , that is atorvastatin 2-methoxy-4-[[4′-nitrooxy)butyl[trans-2-propenoyloxy]phenol ester.

12. A method of reducing inflammatory, thrombotic and platelet activity, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound according to claim 1 .

13. A method of reducing cholesterol and triglycerides levels and/or for raising high density lipoprotein cholesterol (“HLP-C”) levels, comprising administering an effective amount of a compound according to claim 1 .

14. A method of treating acute coronary syndromes, stroke, peripheral vascular diseases, vascular complications in diabetic patients and atherosclerosis comprising administering an effective amount of a compound according to claim 1 .

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the peripheral vascular disease is peripheral ischemia.

16. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound of general formula (I) and/or a salt or stereoisomer thereof according to claim 1 .

17. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 16 in a suitable form for the oral, parenteral, rectal, topic and transdermic administration, by inhalation spray or aerosol or iontophoresis devices.

18. Liquid or solid pharmaceutical composition for oral, parenteral, rectal, topic and transdermic administration or inhalation in form of tablets, capsules and pills eventually with enteric coating, powders, granules, gels, emulsions solutions, suspensions, syrups, elixir, injectable forms, suppositories, in transdermal patches or liposomes, containing a compound of formula (I) according to claim 1 and/or a salt or stereoisomer thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

19. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I), according to claim 1 at least a compound used to treat cardiovascular disease and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

20. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 19 , wherein the compound used to treat cardiovascular disease is selected from the group consisting of: ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor antagonists, beta-adrenergic blockers, calcium channel blockers, antithrombotics, aspirin, nitrosated ACE inhibitors, nitrosated angiotensin II receptor antagonists, nitrosated beta-adrenergic blockers and nitrosated aspirin.

21. A pharmaceutical kit comprising the composition of claim 16 and a compound used to treat cardiovascular disease.