Benzene compound and salt thereof
The present invention provides a medicament comprising a benzene compound useful as an insulin sensitizer, a salt thereof or a hydrate of them and a derivative of them as the active ingredient. Specifically, it provides a benzene compound represented by the following formula, a salt thereof or a hydrate of them. In the formula, X represents 1) a C 6-10 aryl group which may have one or more substituents or 2) a 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl group which may have one or more substituents; Y represents a group represented by the formula: (in the above formulae, R y1 , R y2 and R y3 are the same as or different from one another and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1-6 alkyl group, a C 1-6 alkoxy group, or a C 3-7 cycloalkyl group) etc.; Z represents a group represented by the formula: (in the formula, m represents an integer of 0 to 2; R z1, R z2 , R z3 and R z4 are the same as or different from one another and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1-6 alkyl group, a C 1-6 alkoxy group, a C 3-7 cycloalkyl group, a halogenated C 1-6 alkyl group, a halogenated C 1-6 alkoxy group etc.); and R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are the same as or different from one another and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1-6 alkyl group, a C 1-6 alkoxy group, a C 3-7 cycloalkyl group etc.
1. A benzene compound represented by the following formula, a salt thereof or a hydrate of them.
In the formula, X represents
1) a C 6-10 aryl group which may have one or more substituents, or
2) a 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl group which may have one or more substituents;
Y represents a group represented by the following formula:
(in the above formulae, R y1 , R y2 and R y3 are the same as or different from one another and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1-6 alkyl group, a C 1-6 alkoxy group or a C 3-7 cycloalkyl group);
Z represents a group represented by the following formula:
(in the formula, m represents an integer of 0 to 2; and R z1 , R z2 , R z3 and R z4 are the same as or different from one another and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1-6 alkyl group, C 1-6 a alkoxy group, a C 3-7 cycloalkyl group, a halogenated C 1-6 alkyl group, a halogenated C 1-6 alkoxy group, a halogenated C 1-6 alkoxy group, a C 3-7 cycloalkyloxy group, a C 6-10 aryloxy group, a C 6-10 aryl C 1-6 alkyloxy group, a C 2-6 alkenyloxy group, a C 2-6 alkynyloxy group or a C 3-7 cycloalkyl C 1-6 alkyloxy group); and
R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4
1) are the same as or different from one another and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1-6 alkyl group, a C 1-6 alkoxy group or a C 3-7 cycloalkyl group, or
2) R 1 and R 4 are the same as or different from one another and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1-6 alkyl group, a C 1-6 alkoxy group or a C 3-7 cycloalkyl group; and R 2 and R 3 represent in combination i) an alicyclic hydrocarbon group which may have hetero atoms or ii) an aromatic ring group which may have hetero atoms, or
3) R 1 and R 2 are the same as or different from one another and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1-6 alkyl group, a C 1-6 alkoxy group or a C 3-7 cycloalkyl group; and R 3 and R 4 represent in combination i) an alicyclic hydrocarbon group which may have hetero atoms or ii) an aromatic ring group which may have hetero atoms, provided that
a) one or more groups among four groups of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are groups other than a hydrogen atom, when R z3 and/or R z4 represents a halogenated C 1-6 alkoxy group, and
b) in the above-mentioned case other than a), two or more groups among four groups of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are groups other than a hydrogen atom.
2. The benzene compound according to claim 1 , a salt thereof or a hydrate of them, wherein Y is a group represented by the following formula:
Each symbol in the formula has the same meaning as defined above.
3. The benzene compound according to claim 1 or 2 , a salt thereof or a hydrate of them, wherein m is 1; and R z1 and R z2 are hydrogen atoms.
4. The benzene compound according to claim 1 or 2 , a salt thereof or a hydrate of them, wherein either of R z3 or R z4 is a C 1-6 alkoxy group or a halogenated C 1-6 alkoxy group.
5. The benzene compound according to claim 1 or 2 , a salt thereof or a hydrate of them, wherein R z3 is a hydrogen atom; and R z4 is an isopropoxy group.
6. The benzene compound according to claims 1 or 2 , a salt thereof or a hydrate of them, wherein two groups among four groups of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are hydrogen atoms.
7. The benzene compound according to claim 1 or 2 , a salt thereof or a hydrate of them, wherein the substituent of X is a group or two or more groups arbitrarily selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, trifluoromethyl group, a C 1-6 alkyl group, a C 1-6 alkoxy group, a C 3-7 cycloalkyl group, a C 3-7 cycloalkyloxy group, a C 6-10 aryl group, a C 1-6 alkyl C 6-10 aryl group and a C 6-10 aryl C 1-6 alkyl group.
8. A benzene compound represented by the formula:
(in the formula, X represents
1) a C 6-10 aryl group which may have one or more substituents or
2) a 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl group which may have one or more substituents;
R z4 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1-6 alkyl group, a C 1-6 alkoxy group, a C 3-7 cycloalkyl group, a halogenated C 1-6 alkyl group, a halogenated C 1-6 alkoxy group, a C 3-7 cycloalkyloxy group, a C 6-10 aryloxy group, a C 6-10 aryl C 1-6 alkyloxy group, a C 2-6 alkenyloxy group, a C 2-6 alkynyloxy group or a C 3-7 cycloalkyl C 1-6 alkyloxy group; and
R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4
1) are the same as or different from one another and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1-6 alkyl group, a C 1-6 alkoxy group or a C 3-7 cycloalkyl group,
2) R 1 and R 4 are the same as or different from one another and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1-6 alkyl group, a C 1-6 alkoxy group or a C 3-7 cycloalkyl group, and R 2 and R 3 represent in combination i) an aliphatic hydrocarbon group which may have hetero atom(s) or ii) an aromatic ring group which may have hetero atom(s), or
3) R 1 and R 2 are the same as or different from one another and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1-6 alkyl group, a C 1-6 alkoxy group or a C 3-7 cycloalkyl group, and R 3 and R 4 represent in combination i) an aliphatic hydrocarbon group which may have hetero atom(s) or ii) an aromatic ring group which may have hetero atom(s), provided that
a) one or more groups among four groups of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are groups other than a hydrogen atom when R z3 and/or R z4 represents a halogenated C 1-6 alkoxy group; and
b) two or more groups among four groups of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are groups other than a hydrogen atom in cases other than the above-mentioned a)), a salt thereof or a hydrate of them.
9. The benzene compound according to claim 8 , a salt thereof or a hydrate of them, wherein R z4 is a C 1-6 alkoxy group or a halogenated C 1-6 alkoxy group.
10. The benzene compound according to claim 8 or 9 , a salt thereof or a hydrate of them, wherein R z4 is an isopropoxy group.
11. The benzene compound according to claim 8 or 9 , a salt thereof or a hydrate of them, wherein two groups among four groups of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are hydrogen atoms.
12. The benzene compound according to claim 8 or 9 , a salt thereof or a hydrate of them, wherein the substituent of X is a group or two or more groups arbitrarily selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, trifluoromethyl group, a C 1-6 alkyl group, a C 1-6 alkoxy group, a C 3-7 cycloalkyl group, a C 3-7 cycloalkyloxy group, a C 6-10 aryl group, a C 1-6 alkyl C 6-10 aryl group and a C 6-10 aryl C 1-6 alkyl group.