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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2001
Yuji Ishihara, Itami, JP;
Nobuhiro Suzuki, Minoo, JP;
Shiro Takekawa, Nishinomiya, JP;
Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A melanin-concentrating hormone antagonist comprising a compound of the formula (I):wherein Aris a cyclic group which may be substituted; X and Y are the same or different and are a spacer having a main chain of 1 to 6 atoms; Ar is a condensed polycyclic aromatic ring which may be substituted; Rand Rare the same or different and are hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted; or Rand R, together with the adjacent nitrogen atom, may form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring which may be substituted; or R, together with the adjacent nitrogen atom and Y, may form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring which may be substituted; or R, together with the adjacent nitrogen atom, Y and Ar, may form a condensed ring; or a salt thereof is useful as an agent for preventing or treating obesity, etc.