Abstract: An efficient and green procedure for the synthesis of raloxifene has been developed by using Suzuki couplings, Friedel-Crafts acylation, and copper catalyzed coupling reactions in an ionic liquid. Keywords: Raloxifene, ionic liquids, Suzuki coupling, Friedel-Crafts acylation.
[Jones, Charles D.; Jevnikar, Mary G.; Pike, Andrew J.; Peters, Mary K.; Black, Larry J.; at al. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 27, # 8 p. 1057 - 1066]