Abstract: There are disclosed a large conductance calcium-activated K channel opener comprising a compound of the formula (I): wherein ring A is a 5-membered heterocyclic ring containing any one of O, N or S, which ring may be substituted by R4, R1 is aryl, heterocyclic or heterocycle-substituted carbonyl; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, carboxy, amino, alkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkenyl or cycloalkyl; R3 is aryl, heterocyclic or alkyl; and R4 is hydrogen or alkyl, each of substituents may be substituted, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: An imidazole compound of the formula: wherein Ring A is benzene or a heterocyclic ring; G is alkylthio, alkylsulfonyl, optionally substituted phenyl, or optionally substituted heterocyclic ring group, etc.; Ring C is imidazole; R1 is carbamoyl, etc.; R2 is cyano, nitro, hydroxyl, an alkoxy, a halogen, carboxy, an alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, amino, an alkyl, etc.; m is 0 to 2; and R4 is hydrogen, an alkyl, etc., or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is a large conductance calcium-activated K channel opener useful for treatment of pollakiuria, urinary incontinence, etc.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a bicyclic compound represented by the following formula: wherein Ring Q is pyridine or pyrimidine; Ring A is benzene or a heterocyclic ring; G is Ring B optionally having a substituent(s) R3, or an amino optionally substituted by one or two selected from the group consisting of alkyl(s), aralkyl(s) and cycloalkyl(s); Ring B is benzene, a heterocyclic ring, a cycloalkane or a cycloalkene; R1 is a group selected from the following formulae: R2 and R3 may be the same or different from each other, and each is cyano, nitro, etc.; m is 0, 1 or 2; R4 is hydrogen, a halogen, etc.; and R5 and R6 may be the same or different from each other, and each is hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl, etc., or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is a large conductance calcium-activated K channel opener useful for treatment of pollakiuria, urinary incontinence, etc.

Abstract: There are disclosed a large conductance calcium-activated K channel opener comprising a compound of the formula (I): wherein ring A is a 5-membered heterocyclic ring containing any one of O, N or S, which ring may be substituted by R4, R1 is aryl, heterocyclic or heterocycle-substituted carbonyl; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, carboxy, amino, alkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkenyl or cycloalkyl; R3 is aryl, heterocyclic or alkyl; and R4 is hydrogen or alkyl, each of substituents may be substituted, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.