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Biphenyl derivatives and drug composition
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, (2008/06/13)
A biphenyl derivative represented by the following general formula (1) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: [In the formula (1), A represents a single bond, —CH2—, —CO—, —CS— or —SO2—; B represents a single bond or —CH2—; R1represents a hydrogen atom, —OH, —NR11R12(wherein R11and R12each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms), —OCOCH3, or a halogen atom; R2represents a hydrogen atom or R1and R2form a group ═O together; R3represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; provided that in the formula, the absolute configuration of the position a may be either R or S]. The compound of the present invention has considerably high safety and efficacy and is useful as, in particular, a vasopressin receptor antagonist.