Optically Active Antifungal Azoles. VIII. Synthesis and Antifungal Activity of 1-((1R,2R)-2-(2,4-Difluoro- and 2-Fluorophenyl)-2-hydroxy-1-methyl-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propyl)-3-(4-substituted phenyl)-2(1H,3H)-imidazolones and 2-Imidazolidinones.
Optically Active Antifungal Azoles. VIII. Synthesis and Antifungal Activity of 1-((1R,2R)-2-(2,4-Difluoro- and 2-Fluorophenyl)-2-hydroxy-1-methyl-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propyl)-3-(4-substituted phenyl)-2(1H,3H)-imidazolones and 2-Imidazolidinones.
An azole compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar is a substituted phenyl group; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently are a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may combine together to form a lower alkylene group; R.sup.3 is a group bonded through a carbon atom; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or an acyl group; X is a nitrogen atom or a methine group; and n Y and Z independently are a nitrogen atom or a methine group which may optionally be substituted with a lower alkyl group, or a salt thereof, which is useful for prevention and therapy of fungal infections of mammals as antifungal agent.