A series of diazepinylbenzoic acid derivatives were synthesized and tested in the inhibition assay of the transactivation of RXR. Oral treatment of cyano derivatives (16f) was found to show anti-diabetic and anti-obesity effects in KK-A y mice. ... A series of diazepinylbenzoic acid derivatives were synthesized and tested in the inhibition assayof the transactivation of RXR. Oral treatment of cyano derivatives showed anti-diabetic and anti-obesity effects in KK-A y mice.