Compounds for treating cardiovascular or circulatory disorders of the formula ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.7, Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.2, X, Y, and n are defined herein.

Compounds having the formula ##STR1## and the other variables are as defined herein, and are indicated for use in the treatment and prophylaxis of, for example, hypertension, congestive heart failure, ocular hypertension, renal failure, and CNS disorders, or are intermediates thereto.

The present invention discloses compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## The compounds are highly isozyme selective protein kinase C beta-1 and beta-2 isozyme inhibitors. Accordingly, the present invention provides a method of selectively inhibiting protein kinase C isozymes beta-1, and beta-2. As isozyme selective inhibitors of beta-1 and beta-2, the compounds are therapeutically useful in treating conditions associated with diabetes mellitus and its complications, as well as other disease states associated with an elevation of the beta-1 and beta-2 isozyme.