PROCESS FOR PRODUCING INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME

An indazole-3-carboxylic acid derivative represented by the following general formula (I) or its physiologically acceptable acid addition salt or quaternary ammonium salt, wherein Y represents -NH- or -O-; R1 and R2 are identical or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a substituted lower alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, a lower alkynyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aryl-lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aralkyloxycarbonyl group or an acyl group, or R1 and R2, taken together, form a lower alkylene group; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or a phenyl group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a substituted lower alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, a lower alkynyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aryl-lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aralkyloxycarbonyl group or an acyl group; R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a hydroxyl group, a trifluoromethyl group, a nitro group, an amino group or an acylamino group; m represents a number of 1, 2, 3 or 4; n represents a number of 1, 2 or 3; and p represents a number of 1, 2, 3 or 4. This compound is useful as a potent and selective antagonist of serotonin 3 (5-HT3) receptor.