• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.17-20
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• 1994

Friedel-Crafts reaction of fluorene with methyl ${\alpha}$-chloro-${\alpha}$-(methylthio)acetate 1 gave methyl $\alpha$-methylthio-2-fluoreneacetate 2. Cicloprofen 8, a potent antiinflammatory agent, was prepared by methylation of 2 followed by reductive desulfurization of methyl 2(2-fluorenyl)-2-(methylthio)propionate 6 and hydrolysis of methyl 2-(2-fluorenyl)propionate 7.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.190-193
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• 1994

Friedel-Crafts reaction isopropoxybenzene with methyl $\alpha$-chloro-$\alpha$-(maethylthio)acetate 1 afforded methyl $\alpha$-methylthio-p-isopropoxyphenylacetate 2d, which was readily converted into methyl p-isopropoxyphenylacetate 3 by reductive desulfurization with zinc dust in acetic acid. Methylation of 3 with sodium hydride and methyl iodide gave methyl $\alpha$-(p-isopropoxyphenyl)propionate 5. Methyl p-hydroxyphenylakanoates (4,6), useful intermediates for some medicines, were easily prepared by treatment of 3 and 5 with titanium tetrachloride, respectively.