The present invention provides to a novel compound having an ACAT
inhibiting activity.The present invention relates to compounds
represented by formula (I) ##STR00001## wherein represents an
optionally substituted divalent residue such as benzene, pyridine,
cyclohexane or naphthalene, or a group, Het represents a 5- to
8-membered, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group containing at
least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen
atom, an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom, such as a monocyclic group, a
polycyclic group or a group of a fused ring, X represents --NH--, an
oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, Y represents --NR.sub.4--, an oxygen atom,
a sulfur atom, a sulfoxide or a sulfone, Z represents a single bond or
--NR.sub.5--, R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, an
aryl group or an optionally substituted silyl lower alkyl group, R.sub.5
represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, an aryl group or an
optionally substituted silyl lower alkyl group, and n is an integer of
from 1 to 15, or salts or solvates thereof, and a pharmaceutical
composition containing at least one of these compounds.