Derivado de imidazol, composição farmacêutica, métodos para a produção de um derivado de imidazol e de um composto oticamente ativo de um derivado de imidazol ou de um seu sal farmaceuticamente aceitável, composto, sal, e, sal diastereomérico

摘要

The present invention provides a compound having a steroid C17,20-lyase-inhibitory activity and useful for the therapy and prophylaxis of tumour such as prostatism, breast cancer and the like, and a method for efficiently separating an optically active compound of this compound from a mixture of optical isomers thereof, a compound of the formula: wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof, and a method for obtaining an optically active compound by optically resolving a mixture of optical isomers by the use of a resolving agent such as tartranilic acid and the like.