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Two related new syntheses of raloxifene have been described: 1) The acylation of N-(6-methoxy-1-benzothiophen-2-yl)-N,N-dimethylamine (I) with 4-fluorobenzoyl chloride (II) by heating at 100 C in chlorobenzene gives the 3-acyl derivative (III), which is condensed with 4-methoxyphenylmagnesium bromide (IV) in THF yielding 3-(4-fluorobenzoyl)-6-methoxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-benzothiophene (V). The condensation of (V) with 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperidine (VI) by means of NaH in DMF affords the ether (VII), which is finally demethylated with AlCl3 and ethanethiol. 2) The intermediate (III) can also be condensed first with 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperidine (VI) by means of NaH as before giving the piperidinoethyl ether (VIII), which is then condensed with the Grignard reagent (IV) affording the previously reported ether (VII).