A spiro compound represented by the following formula (I) 1
wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and each is a
hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom and the like, n is 1, 2 or 3, a bond
containing a broken line is a single bond or a double bond, A is
--X--(CH.sub.2).sub.q--N(R.sup.3)(R.sup.4); a group represented by the
following formula (a) 2
and the like, wherein X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, q is 2 or 3,
R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are the same or different and each is a C.sub.1-6
alkyl group and the like, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 optionally form,
together with the adjacent nitrogen atom, a piperidine ring and the like
optionally substituted by one or two C.sub.1-6 alkyl and the like,
R.sup.5 is a C.sub.1-6 alkyl group and the like, R.sup.6 is a hydrogen
atom and the like, and r and t are each independently one or two, or a
pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof. The compound is
useful as a selective estrogen receptor modulator having a climacteric
syndrome-ameliorating effect, and can be expected to be a drug for the
prophylaxis and/or treatment of osteoporosis, climacteric syndrome and
breast cancer.