A number of epinephrine analogs and corresponding 1-aryl-2-alkylaminoethyl chloride hydrochlorides and bromide hydrobromides have been prepared. The central intermediates of the syntheses were the 5-aryl-&alkyl-2-oxaxolidones (IV), accessible by alkylation of the product obtained using the Reformatzky reaction of an aromatic aldehyde with ethyl bromoacetate. The results of a pharmacological study of the products obtained are ...