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BICYCLIC HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND
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A compound represented by the formula (I), a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof: wherein X, Y, and W each independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; Z represents CH or a nitrogen atom; R1 represents (1) C3-10 branched alkyl which may be substituted or (2) -(CH2)m-NR4R5; R2 and R3 each independently represent (1) a hydrogen atom, (2) C1-4 alkyl which may be substituted with a halogen atom, hydroxy which may be protected, amino which may be protected, or carboxyl which may be protected, (3) C2-4 alkenyl, (4) C2-4 alkynyl, (5) nitrile, (6) COOR6, (7) CONR7R8, (8) COR101, (9) S(O)nR102, or (10) a halogen atom, in which R6 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-4 alkyl, R7 and R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or C1-4 alkyl, R101 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-4 alkyl, R102 represents C1-4 alkyl, n represents 1 or 2; and Ar represents an aromatic ring which may be substituted, is useful as a pharmacologically active ingredient having a CRF antagonist action in preventing and/or treating neuropsychiatric diseases, diseases of peripheral organs or the like.
