Sodium ethoxide → HCID 13752588, compound

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To a refluxed solution of 40 g of 2-(4-fluorobenzoyl)acetanilide in 300 ml of ethanol, a sodium ethylate solution, prepared from 9.13 g of sodium and 150 ml of ethanol, is added dropwise over a period of 2 hours. The reaction mixture is refluxed for 20 minutes, allowed to cool and poured onto ice-water. The precipitate is collected, dried and recrystallized from chloroform - diethyl ether to give 31.3 g of the title compound, m.p. 247°-248° C.

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