申请人:——
公开号:US20040102634A1
公开(公告)日:2004-05-27
The present invention provides a novel carboxylic acid compound, a salt thereof or a hydrate of them useful as an insulin sensitizer, and a medicament comprising the compound as an active ingredient. That is, the present invention provides a carboxylic acid compound represented by the following formula, a salt thereof, an ester thereof or a hydrate of them.
1
Wherein R
1
represents a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, halogen, carboxyl group, or a C
1-6
alkyl group etc., each of which may have one or more substituents; L represents a single bond, or a C
1-6
alkylene group, a C
2-6
alkenylene group or a C
2-6
alkynylene group, each of which may have one or more substituents; M represents a single bond, or a C
1-6
alkylene group, a C
2-6
alkenylene group or a C
2-6
alkynylene group, each of which may have one or more substituents; T represents a single bond, or a C
1-3
alkylene group, a C
2-3
alkenylene group or a C
2-3
alkynylene group, each of which may have one or more substituents; W represents a carboxyl group;
2
represents a single bond etc.; X represents a single bond, oxygen atom, a group represented by —NR
X1
CQ
1
O— (wherein Q
1
represents an oxygen atom or sulfur atom; and R
X1
represents a hydrogen atom, formyl group, or a C
1-6
alkyl group etc., each of which may have one or more substituents), —OCQ
1
NR
X1
— (wherein Q
1
and R
X1
are as defined above), —CQ
1
NR
X1
O— (wherein Q
1
and R
X1
are as defined above), ONR
X1
CQ
1
— (wherein Q
1
and R
X1
are as defined above), -Q
2
SO
2
— (wherein Q
2
is an oxygen atom or —NR
X10
— (wherein R
X10
represents a hydrogen atom, formyl group, or a C
1-6
alkyl group etc., each of which may have one or more substituents)) or —SO
2
Q
2
- (wherein Q
2
is as defined above),
(wherein, provided that R
X2
and R
X3
, and/or R
X4
and R
X5
may together form a ring, Q
3
and Q
4
are the same as or different from each other and each represents an oxygen atom, (O)S(O) or NR
X10
(wherein NR
X10
is as defined above)); Y represents a 5- to 14-membered aromatic group etc., which may have one or more substituents and one or more hetero atoms; and the ring Z represents a 5- to 14-membered aromatic group which may have 0 to 4 substituents and one or more hetero atoms, and wherein part of the ring may be saturated.
本发明提供了一种新型的羧酸化合物、其盐或水合物,作为胰岛素增敏剂,并且提供了一种包含该化合物作为活性成分的药物。即,本发明提供了由以下式表示的羧酸化合物、其盐、酯或水合物。其中,R1表示氢原子、羟基、卤素、羧基或C1-6烷基等,每个都可以有一个或多个取代基;L表示单键,或C1-6烷基、C2-6烯基或C2-6炔基等,每个都可以有一个或多个取代基;M表示单键,或C1-6烷基、C2-6烯基或C2-6炔基等,每个都可以有一个或多个取代基;T表示单键,或C1-3烷基、C2-3烯基或C2-3炔基等,每个都可以有一个或多个取代基;W表示羧基;2表示单键等;X表示单键、氧原子、由—NRX1CQ1O—表示的基团(其中,Q1表示氧原子或硫原子;RX1表示氢原子、甲酰基或C1-6烷基等,每个都可以有一个或多个取代基)、由—OCQ1NRX1—表示的基团(其中,Q1和RX1如上所定义)、由—CQ1NRX1O—表示的基团(其中,Q1和RX1如上所定义)、由ONRX1CQ1—表示的基团(其中,Q1和RX1如上所定义)、由-Q2SO2—表示的基团(其中,Q2是氧原子或—NRX10—(其中,RX10表示氢原子、甲酰基或C1-6烷基等,每个都可以有一个或多个取代基))或由—SO2Q2—表示的基团(其中,Q2如上所定义),(其中,假设RX2和RX3,以及RX4和RX5可以共同形成环,Q3和Q4相同或不同,每个表示氧原子、(O)S(O)或NRX10(其中,NRX10如上所定义));Y表示5-至14-成员芳香基等,可以有一个或多个取代基和一个或多个杂原子;环Z表示5-至14-成员芳香基,可以有0至4个取代基和一个或多个杂原子,其中环的一部分可以饱和。