METHODS Chemical Methods General Methods for the Preparation of Halogenoacylarylamides Two methods were used:(i) the appropriate amine and chloroacetyl (or a-chloropropionyl) chloride were heated together in boiling benzene for 2 hr., or (ii) the amine and chloroacetyl chloride were allowed to react in glacial acetic acid in the cold in presence of sodium acetate as described by Lofgren (1948). The following ...