Optically active azole compounds and their production

Abstract

An optically active azole compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a haloalkyl group, a haloalkoxy group or an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group; R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or an acyl group; Q is CH or N; ##STR2## is a nitrogen-containing aromatic five-membered heterocyclic group having at least two adjacent nitrogen atoms as the ring-constituting atoms which may be substituted, or an aromatic condensed heterocyclic group having two or more nitrogen atoms as the ring-constituting atoms which may be substituted; and (R) shows that the carbon atom marked with (R) has R-configuration; provided that either of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group when ##STR3## is an 1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl group, or a salt thereof, which is useful as an antifungal agent.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.