It's probably better to get prolintane and Hydrafinil(fluorenol) or Flodafinil(CRL-40,940). 2-benzhydrylthioacetamide synthesis can be time consuming and I rather watch someone else synthesize it. I don't know the rules regarding synthesis discussion. If it's not allowed, I'll remove it. Benzhydryl bromide (14.78 gm, 0.059 mole) was dissolved in 75 ml of acetone in a 250-ml round-bottomed flask. To this solution was added dropwise sodium mercaptoacetate (6.59 g, 0.058 mole) in about 60 ml of H2O; the mixture was stirred under N2 for 2 h at room temperature and was thereafter warmed at about 60–70°C for 1 h. The reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness and taken up in CH2Cl2 and saturated aqueous NaHCO3. The organic extract was rejected, and the aqueous phase was treated with acid to pH 2 and chilled. Suction filtration gave the 6.9 g of the acid (3, 46%), mp 125°C. Rf 0.2. Recrystallization from MeOH/H2O gave mp 126–128°C. Diphenylmethylthioacetamide (2-benzhydrylthioacetamide, 2-BHTA) Diphenylmethylthioacetic acid 3 (19.5 g, 0.076 mole) in 114 ml of dry benzene was taken in a 250-ml roundbottomed flask attached to a reflux condenser, under N2 gas. To this was added thionyl chloride (19.5 ml, 0.097 mole) with a dropping funnel. The mixture was stirred at room temperature with a magnetic stirrer and refluxed for 1 h. Thereafter, the mixture was evaporated under low pressure to give a yellow oil that was taken up in about 100 ml of CH2Cl2 and filtered to yield a clear orange solution. This was chilled in ice water and added slowly to an ice-cold solution of concentrated NH4OH in H2O (40:40 ml). The ensuing mixture was stirred for 1 h and shaken well in a separatory funnel. The organic layer was dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated to dryness to give 14.39 g (54%) of the amide (4), mp 108–109°C (lit4 110°C). Rf 0.8. Recrystallization from CH3OH/H2O gave mp 109–110°C.