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Isoxazole compounds useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of nervous diseases
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, (2008/06/13)
Isoxazole compounds having the following general formula: STR1 wherein R1 represents an optionally substituted aryl group or aromatic heterocyclic group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an alkoxy group, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, an alkanoyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group or an optionally substituted carbamoyl group; R3 represents an optionally substituted amino group or a saturated heterocyclic group; X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and n is an integer of from 2 to 6. These compounds have excellent monoamine oxidase inhibitory activity and are useful as a therapeutic agent or a preventive agent against nervous diseases such as depression.
