Abstract Different strategies for the synthesis of 2′-hydroxy-4′- methylsulfonylacetophenone are reported in the present paper. This compound is considered as a key synthon for the synthesis of new flavonoid derivatives designed as potential cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors. The retrosynthetic approach via 3′- methylsulfonylacetophenone, which included three synthetic pathways, did not allow us to ...
