申请人:Eisai Co., Ltd.
公开号:EP1380562A1
公开(公告)日:2004-01-14
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.
Wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, halogen, carboxyl group, or a C1-6 alkyl group etc., each of which may have one or more substituents; L represents a single bond, or a C1-6 alkylene group, a C2-6 alkenylene group or a C2-6 alkynylene group, each of which may have one or more substituents; M represents a single bond, or a C1-6 alkylene group, a C2-6 alkenylene group or a C2-6 alkynylene group, each of which may have one or more substituents; T represents a single bond, or a C1-3 alkylene group, a C2-3 alkenylene group or a C2-3 alkynylene group, each of which may have one or more substituents; W represents a carboxyl group;
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represents a single bond etc. ; X represents a single bond, oxygen atom, a group represented by -NRX1CQ1O- (wherein Q1 represents an oxygen atom or sulfur atom; and RX1 represents a hydrogen atom, formyl group, or a C1-6 alkyl group etc., each of which may have one or more substituents), -OCQ1NRX1- (wherein Q1 and RX1 are as defined above), -CQ1NRx1O- (wherein Q1 and RX1 are as def ined above), ONRX1CQ1- (wherein Q1 and RX1 are as defined above), - Q2SO2- (wherein Q2 is an oxygen atom or -NRX10- (wherein RX10 represents a hydrogen atom, formyl group, or a C1-6 alkyl group etc., each of which may have one or more substituents)) or -SO2Q2- (wherein Q2 is as defined above),
(wherein, provided that RX2 and RX3, and/or RX4 and RX5 may together form a ring, Q3 and Q4 are the same as or different from each other and each represents an oxygen atom, (O)S(O) or NRX10 (wherein NRX10 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.
本发明提供了一种可用作胰岛素增敏剂的新型羧酸化合物、其盐或其水合物,以及包含该化合物作为活性成分的药物。也就是说,本发明提供了由下式代表的羧酸化合物、其盐、其酯或它们的水合物。
其中 R1 代表氢原子、羟基、卤素、羧基或 C1-6 烷基等、L 代表单键,或 C1-6 亚烷基、C2-6 亚烯基或 C2-6 亚炔基,其中每个基团可带有一个或多个取代基;M 代表单键,或 C1-6 亚烷基、C2-6 亚烯基或 C2-6 亚炔基,其中每个基团可有一个或多个取代基; T 代表单键,或 C1-3 亚烷基、C2-3 亚烯基或 C2-3 亚炔基,其中每个基团可有一个或多个取代基; W 代表羧基;
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代表单键等;X 代表单键、氧原子、由 -NRX1CQ1O- 代表的基团(其中 Q1 代表氧原子或硫原子;RX1 代表氢原子、甲酰基或 C1-6 烷基等)、其中每个取代基可有一个或多个)、-OCQ1NRX1-(其中 Q1 和 RX1 如上定义)、-CQ1NRx1O-(其中 Q1 和 RX1 如上定义)、ONRX1CQ1-(其中 Q1 和 RX1 如上定义)、-Q2SO2-(其中 Q2 是氧原子或-NRX10-(其中 RX10 代表氢原子、甲酰基或 C1-6 烷基等、其中每个基团可具有一个或多个取代基))或-SO2Q2-(其中 Q2 如上定义)、
(其中,只要 RX2 和 RX3,和/或 RX4 和 RX5 可共同形成一个环,Q3 和 Q4 彼此相同或不同,且各自代表氧原子、(O)S(O)或 NRX10(其中 NRX10 如上定义));Y 代表 5 至 14 元芳香基团等、环 Z 代表 5 至 14 元芳香基团,可具有 0 至 4 个取代基和一个或多个杂原子,其中部分环可为饱和环。