TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: Alkaline substance is sodium methoxide, sodium tert.-butoxide, sodium hydroxide, cesium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, cesium carbonate, potassium phosphate, potassium monohydrogen phosphate, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, triethylene tetramine, and/or triethylene diamine, preferably cesium carbonate or triethylene diamine. Copper catalyst is cuprous chloride, cuprous bromide, cuprous iodide, cuprous trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, copper chloride, copper bromide, copper iodide, or copper trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, preferably cuprous bromide or cuprous iodide.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: Organic solvent is toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, tetrahydrofuran, 2-methyl tetrahydrofuran, 1,2-dichloroethane, dichloromethane, methylene chloride, dimethyl formamide (DMF), N,N-diethyl formamide, acetonitrile, benzonitrile, benzyl acetonitrile, ethyl acetate, ethyl formate, methyl formate, ethyl propionate, acetone, butanone, methyl ethyl ketone, ethylene glycol, ethanol, methanol, petroleum ether, diethyl ether, tert-butyl ether, ethylamine, triethylamine, pyridine, piperazine, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and/or 1,4-dioxane, preferably DMF, DMSO, and/or 1,4-dioxane. Ligand is 2,2-bipyridyl, 1,10-phenanthroline monohydrate, 1,10-phenanthroline, 4-dimethylamino pyridine, 8-hydroxyquinoline, L-proline, or triphenyl phosphine, preferably 2,2-bipyridyl, 1,10- phenanthroline monohydrate, or 1,10-phenanthroline. Molar ratio haloepoxy chalcone:copper catalyst:ligand:alkaline substance is 1:(0.01-1):(0.02-2):(0.5-4), preferably 1:(0.1-0.2):(0.2-0.4):(1.2-2). Preferred Conditions: Reaction temperature and reaction time 100-115 degrees C and 3-4 hours, respectively. Preferred Processes: Orange ketone is prepared by reacting under nitrogen environment, monitoring progress of reaction by performing thin-layer chromatography, adding to reaction, extracting organic solvent, purifying, and vacuum drying.