Water → 1-(3-Ethoxyphenyl)ethanone

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3′-Hydroxyacetophenone (200 mg) was dissolved in acetonitrile (4 ml). After adding ethyl iodide (0.2 ml) and potassium carbonate (347 mg), the mixture was stirred at 70° C. for 9 hours. After 9 hours, water and ethyl acetate were added to the reaction mixture followed by separation. The organic layer was washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The crude product thus obtained was purified by silica gel chromatography (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=8:1) to thereby give 204 mg of 3′-ethoxyacetophenone. The procedure employed for the synthesis of F-12 was repeated but replacing the 3′-methoxyacetophenone by 3′-ethoxyacetophenone to thereby give (±)-N-(1-(3-ethoxyphenyl)ethyl)-2-(2′,5′-dichlorophenylthio)ethylamine (F-63). MS m/z: 369 (M+).

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