BICYCLOLACTAM COMPOUNDS, USE OF THE SAME AND INTERMEDIATE IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE SAME

摘要

Bicyclolactam compounds represented by general formula (1) are useful as the active ingredient of medicines having an excellent anxiolytic effect and a high safety with little side effects such as a hypnotic effect, a muscle relaxing effect, a sedative effect, etc. In said formula, R represents oxo or -OR<1> (wherein R<1> represents hydrogen or acyl); A represents one of the following groups (2) and (3); Q represents hydrogen or lower alkyl; l is 1 or 2, m is 0 or 1; and n is 0, 1 or 2, provided that m and n are not 0 at the same time; R<2> represents optionally substituted benzoyl.