PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide preventive or therapeutic agents for diabetes, diabetic complication, diabetic microangiopathy complication, insulin resistance syndrome, metabolic syndrome, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerotic sclerosis, failure, cardiomyopathy, myocardial ischemia, cerebral ischemia, stroke, pulmonary hypertension, hyperlactacidemia, mitochondrial diseases, mitochondrial encephalomyopathy or cancer, i.e. PDHK inhibitors and the like.SOLUTION: There are provided compounds represented by the general formula [I] or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or solvates thereof. [I], where each symbols are as described in the specification.【課題】糖尿病、糖尿病合併症、糖尿病性細小血管合併症、インスリン抵抗性症候群、メタボリックシンドローム、高血糖症、脂質異常症、アテローム性硬化症、心不全、心筋症、心筋虚血症、脳虚血症、脳卒中、肺高血圧症、高乳酸血症、ミトコンドリア病、ミトコンドリア脳筋症又は癌の予防または治療剤、即ち、PDHK阻害剤等を提供すること。【解決手段】下記一般式[I]で表される化合物又はその医薬上許容される塩、或いはその溶媒和物。(式中、各記号は明細書に記載の通りである。)【選択図】なし