BENZENE DERIVATIVE

A compound represented by general formula (I) (wherein each symbol is as defined in the description) or a salt thereof has a potent neural protecting and/or repairing effect and, therefore, is usable as a therapeutic agent for neurological disorders (for example, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome, periarteritis nodosa, allergic angiitis, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, entrapment syndrome, peripheral neuropathy associated with chemotherapeutic drug administration, peripheral neuropathy associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, etc.).