Optically Active Antifungal Azoles. X. Synthesis and Antifungal Activity of N-[4-(Azolyl)phenyl]- and N-[4-(Azolylmethyl)phenyl]-N'-[(1R,2R)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-2-hydroxy-1-methyl-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propyl]-azolones.
Optically Active Antifungal Azoles. X. Synthesis and Antifungal Activity of N-[4-(Azolyl)phenyl]- and N-[4-(Azolylmethyl)phenyl]-N'-[(1R,2R)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-2-hydroxy-1-methyl-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propyl]-azolones.
The present invention provides an azole compound represented by the formula (I):
wherein Ar is an optionally substituted phenyl group; R1 and R2, the same or different, are a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, or R1 and R2 may combine together to form a lower alkylene group; R is a hydrogen atom or an acyl group; X is a nitrogen atom or a methine group; A is Y═Z (Y and Z, the same or different, are a nitrogen atom or a methine group optionally substituted with a lower alkyl group) or an ethylene group optionally substituted with a lower alkyl group; n is an integer from 0 to 2; and Az is an optionally substituted azolyl group, or its salt, which is useful for a prevention and therapy of a fungal infection of a mammal as a antifungal agent.