LACTAM COMPOUND OR A SALT THEREOF, AND PPAR ACTIVATOR

摘要

Provided is a lactam compound or a salt thereof indicated by formula (1), which is a compound with a lactam skeleton or a salt thereof useful as a PPAR activator. [In the formula, the ring Z indicates a condensed hydrocarbon ring or a heterocyclic ring; R1 indicates the same or different halogen atoms, alkyl groups that can have a substituted group, hydroxyl groups, or alkoxy groups that can have a substituted group; R2 indicates an alkylene group that can have a direct bond or a substituted group; R3 indicates a alkoxy group that can have a hydroxyl group or a substituted group; the linker (X) has 1-10 atoms in the main chain selected from carbon atoms and hetero atoms and the main chain can have a substituted group; Y indicates a direct bond, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom; and k is an integer between 0 and 5.]