Compounds having the structures of Formula I, including pharmaceutically
acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful
for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating
or preventing atherosclerosis: ##STR00001## In the compounds of Formula
I, B or R.sup.2 is a phenyl group which has an ortho aryl, heterocyclic,
benzoheterocyclic or benzocycloalkyl substituent, and one other position
on the 5-membered ring has an aromatic, heterocyclic, cycloalkyl,
benzoheterocyclic or benzocycloalkyl substituent connected directly to
the ring or attached to the ring through a --CH.sub.2--.