The chemical syntheses of 4-fluoro-, 4-chloro-, and 4-bromo-3-hydroxyanthranilic acids are described. Their actions as inhibitors of 3-hydroxyanthranilate oxygenase in cell-free homogenates from rat and human brain and in rat brain slices are presented.
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