Kissei Yakuhin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.)

Michio Toda

Kinji Iizuka

Tetsuhide Kamijo

Yukiyoshi Ajisawa

Michihiro Kobayashi

Yukihiko Kinoshita

Kozaburo Harita

New aromatic amidocarboxylic acid derivatives of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl gp with 1-4 carbon atoms; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represent a hydrogen atom or may be combined together to form an additional chemical bond; X represents a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, a straight or branched chain saturated or unsaturated alkyl group with 1-4 carbon atoms, a straight or branched chain saturated or unsaturated alkoxy group with 1-4 carbon atoms, an acyloxy group with 1-4 carbon atoms, or a cycloalkyl group with up to 6 carbon atoms; n is zero or an integer of 1-3 with the proviso that when n is 2 or 3, X's may be the same or different and that when two X's are commonly the alkyl or alkoxy group, both X's may be combined together to form a ring; and Y represents a straight or branched chain alkylene group or a straight or branched chain oxyalkylene group connected to the benzene nucleus through an oxygen atom, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. The new compounds possess a strong antiallergic effect and are thus useful for the treatment of asthma, hay fever, urticaria and atopic dermatitis. The above-mentioned aromatic amidocarboxylic acid and a salt thereof are prepared, for example, by reacting a reactive functional derivative of the general formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, X and n have the same meanings as given above, with an aminophenylalkylcarboxylic acid derivative or an aminophenoxyalkylcarboxylic acid dervative of the general formula: ##STR3## wherein Y has the same meaning as given above, and if desired, converting the resulting amidocarboxylic acid into a corresponding salt thereof or vice versa.

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