CORPORATE INCOME FD INTERM TERM SER 45 DEFINED ASSET FDS, 485BPOS, EX-99.C1ACCTCONST, 2000-09-20

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                                                                     Exhibit 5.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

The Sponsors and Trustee of
Corporate Income Fund--Intermediate Term Series--45, Defined Asset Funds

We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to Registration
Statement No. 33-49527 of our opinion dated September 7, 2000 appearing in the
Prospectus, which is part of such Registration Statement, and to the reference
to us under the heading "How The Fund Works--Auditors" in such Prospectus.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
New York, N.Y.
September 20, 2000