Recordati S.a. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company

Giuseppe Bonola

Maria J Magistretti

Ivo Setnikar

Enrico Sianesi

Therapeutically active 2- and 3-substituted benzoic acid derivatives having the general formula ##STR1## wherein X is OH, NH.sub.2 or an anilino group having the phenyl ring unsubstituted or substituted by chlorine or by a 4-ethoxy group; or ##STR2## wherein X is NH.sub.2 or an anilino group having the phenyl ring unsubstituted or substituted by chlorine or by a 4-ethoxy group; pharmacologically acceptable mineral or organic acid addition salts including quaternary ammonium salts of those compounds having a basic nitrogen atom and alkaline or alkaline earth metal salts of those compounds wherein X is OH. Compounds of the formula wherein X is amino or anilino are prepared by reacting 3-propionylsalicyclic acid or a functional derivative thereof with ammonia or an amine in an anhydrous solvent. Compounds of the formula wherein X is OH are prepared by etherifying the ethylester of 3-propionylsalicyclic acid with diethylaminoethylchloride in the presence of an acid binding agent in a ketonic solvent and thereafter hydrolyzing the ester group with a mineral acid or an alkaline earth metal hydroxide.

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