| abstract |
The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein ring A is a ring which is optionally further substituted; R1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R2 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R3 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R4 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R5 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R6 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X is -N- or -C(Z)- (Z is a hydrogen atom or a substituent); when X is -C(Z)-, Z and R6 are optionally bonded to each other to form, together with the carbon atom bonded thereto, an optionally substituted ring, provided that when X is -CH-, then R6 is not optionally substituted 2-piperidinyl, excluding N-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl-4-methyl-benzamide, N-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl-benzamide and N-(7-methylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl)-benzamide, or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical agent containing same. The compound of the present invention has an ASK1 inhibitory action, and is useful as a pharmaceutical agent such as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes, inflammatory diseases and the like, and the like. |