Chemical Properties
White crystalline solid
Uses
5-Amino-2-bromobenzoic Acid can be used for FABP4 and FABP4 inhibitors to prevent or treat FABP 4/5 related diseases.
Uses
It is an important raw material and intermediate used in organic synthesis, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and dyestuffs and is also used in medicine.
Purification Methods
Crystallise the acid from H2O or *C6H6 (m 128o). The acetyl derivative crystallises from H2O (as monohydrate) or absolute EtOH with m 196-197o (anhydrous). [Koopal Rec Trav Chim, Pays Bas 34 148 1915, Bamberger Chem Ber 57 2090 1924, Beilstein 14 H 413, 14 II 245.]