%0 Journal Article %T Synthesis and characterization of new aromatic hydroxy acid compounds %A P. Thiruvasagam %J - %D 2018 %X Four novel aromatic hydroxy acid (HA) compounds N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4ĄŻ-trimellitimide, N-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-4ĄŻ-trimellitimide, N-(5-hydroxynaphthyl)-4ĄŻ-trimellitimide and N-{4ĄŻ-[2-(4-hydroxyph- enyl) isopropyl phenyl]}-4ĄŻĄŻ-trimellitimide are synthesized through nucleophilic substitution reaction of trimelitic dianhydrides with the corresponding aminophenol/aminonaphthol using polar aprotic solvents. The hydroxy acid compounds are characterized by FT-IR and 1H-NMR spectroscopy. %U https://www.ajol.info/index.php/bcse/article/view/180055