Abstract: 3,5-Bis(t-butyl)-4-hydroxyphenyl- and 3,5-bis(t-butyl)-4-hydroxybenzoyl-substituted thiophenes have valuable pharmacological acitivity as antiinflammatory agents.
Abstract: A new process and intermediates for preparing 2,3-dichloro-4-(2-thenoyl)phenoxyacetic acid (ticrynafen, a diuretic agent) using as a key reaction a Friedel-Crafts acylation of an esterified 3-(2,3-dichlorophenoxy)-1,2-propanediol using a thenoyl halide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 2, 1977
Date of Patent:
August 28, 1979
Assignee:
SmithKline Corporation
Inventors:
Antonietta R. Mastrocola, Robert L. Webb