Patent ID: 7410981

Claim:
An imidazole compound represented by the formula (I): wherein ring A is a pyridine ring optionally having substituents selected from (1) C 1-6 alkyl group, and (2) C 1-6 alkoxy group optionally substituted by substituent(s) selected from halogen atom(s) and C 1-6 alkoxy group, ring B is a benzene ring optionally having substituents selected from C 1-6 alkoxy group optionally substituted by halogen atom(s), X 1 and X 2 are each an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, W is a C 1-6 alkylene group optionally having substituents selected from C 1-6 alkyl-carbonyloxy and ethoxycarbonyloxy or a divalent group represented by the formula: —W 1 -Z-W 2 — wherein W 1 and W 2 are each a C 1-6 alkylene group or a bond, Z is C 6-14 arene, an oxygen atom, SO n wherein n is 0, 1 or 2, or >N-E wherein E is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkanoyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, an aralkyloxycarbonyl group, a thiocarbamoyl group, a lower alkylsulfinyl group, a lower alkylsulfonyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a mono-lower alkylsulfamoyl group, a di-lower alkylsulfamoyl group, an arylsulfamoyl group, an arylsulfinyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, an arylcarbonyl group or a carbamoyl group, and when Z is an oxygen atom, SO n or >N-E, W 1 and W 2 are each C 1-6 alkylene group, R is a group selected from (1) C 1-6 alkyl group optionally substituted by C 1-6 alkyl-carbonyloxy, (2) C 3-10 cycloalkyl group, and (3) C 6-14 aryl group optionally substituted by a group represented by —CO—NR 2 R 3 (wherein R 2 and R 3 are each C 1-6 alkyl group), D 1 is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or >NR 1 , D 2 is a bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or >NR 1 wherein each R 1 is independently C 1-6 alkyl group, and Y is a group selected from (1) C 1-6 alkyl group optionally having substituent(s) selected from C 1-6 alkoxy group, ethoxycarbonyloxy group, C 6-14 aryl group and a group represented by —NR 2 R 3 (wherein R 2 and R 3 are each C 1-6 alkyl group), (2) C 3-10 cycloalkyl group, (3) C 6-14 aryl group optionally having substituent(s) selected from (i) halogen atom and (ii) C 1-6 alkoxy group optionally having halogen atom(s), and (4) tetrahydropyran, or a salt thereof.