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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
May. 15, 2001
Yuji Ishihara, Itami, JP;
Jun Terauchi, Ikeda, JP;
Nobuhiro Suzuki, Minoo, JP;
Shiro Takekawa, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kazuyoshi Aso, Takatsuki, JP;
Yuji Ishihara, Itami, JP;
Jun Terauchi, Ikeda, JP;
Nobuhiro Suzuki, Minoo, JP;
Shiro Takekawa, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kazuyoshi Aso, Takatsuki, JP;
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A melanin-concentrating hormone antagonist comprising a compound of the formula: wherein R is hydrogen atom or a cyclic group which may be substituted; X is a bond or a spacer having a main chain of 1 to 10 atoms; Y is a spacer having a main chain of 1 to 6 atoms; ring A is benzene ring which may be further substituted; ring B is a 5- to 9-membered nitrogen-containing non-aromatic heterocyclic ring which may be further substituted; Rand Rare the same or different and are hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted or a heterocyclic 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 a salt thereof is useful as a preventive or therapeutic agent for obesity, etc.