Eisai Company, Limited

Hideto Ohara

Norio Minami

Fumihiro Ozaki

Hitoshi Oinuma

Toshiaki Ogawa

Hideyuki Adachi

Yasuhiro Kabasawa

Keiji Ishibashi

Takashi Hasegawa

Nobuyuki Mori

Hiroshi Katoh

Kohtarou Kodama

The present invention provides a thioformamide derivative represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, which is highly safe, easy to use, and useful as an excellent hypotensive or heart disease remedy: ##STR1## wherein Y represents ##STR2## or the like [wherein R.sup.7 represents benzyloxy or the like; R.sup.11 and R.sup.12 each represent hydrogen, hydroxyl, benzoyloxy, benzyloxy, ##STR3## (wherein R.sup.14 and R.sup.15 each represent hydrogen, benzyl or the like) or the like];

Thioformamide derivatives

The present invention provides a thioformamide derivative represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, which is highly safe, easy to use, and useful as an excellent hypotensive or heart disease remedy: ##STR1## wherein Y represents ##STR2## or the like [wherein R.sup.7 represents benzyloxy or the like; R.sup.11 and R.sup.12 each represent hydrogen, hydroxyl, benzoyloxy, benzyloxy, ##STR3## (wherein R.sup.14 and R.sup.15 each represent hydrogen, benzyl or the like) or the like]; Z represents --CH.sub.2 -- or the like; A represents imidazolyl or imidazopyridyl which may have one or two substituents, or the like; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent hydrogen, lower alkyl or the like; and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each represent hydrogen, lower alkyl or the like.

Thioformamide derivatives having hypotensive activity

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