2-Bromo-4-hydroxybenzoic acid is a bromo derivative of hydroxybenzoic acid, a useful building block. 2-Bromo-4-hydroxybenzoic acid has been used in the preparation of urolithins which interfere with the CYP1B1 protein which is linked with prostate cancer.
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