Patent ID: 7348017

Claim:
A dithiazole compound or a salt thereof expressed by the following formula (I): wherein R 1 is hydrogen atom, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylthioalkyl, hydroxy, alkoxyalkyl or Het-alkyl (wherein Het is 5-or 6-membered heterocyclic group containing at least one nitrogen atom, and said nitrogen atom is bonded to the alkyl group); R 2 is hydrogen atom, alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, H(C x H 2x O) m — (wherein x is an integer of 1 to 3, and m is an integer of 2 to 5), arylalkoxy, hydroxyalkyl, acyloxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, (aryl or heteroaryl)-alkoxyalkyl, alkyl-(thio, sulfinyl or sulfonyl)-alkyl, (amino or alkylamino)-alkyl, acylaminoalkyl, amino, alkylamino, acylamino or Het-alkyl; and R 3 is a group expressed by the following formula: wherein n is 0, R 5 and R 6 are hydrogen, and R 7 is an arylalkoxyl.