[F:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([C:8]2[CH:13]=[CH:12][C:11]([C:14]#[N:15])=[C:10](Cl)[N:9]=2)=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.C(N(CC)CC)C.N1C=CC=CC=1>C(OCC)(=O)C.[Pd]>[F:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]([C:8]2[CH:13]=[CH:12][C:11]([C:14]#[N:15])=[CH:10][N:9]=2)=[CH:6][CH:7]=12-(4-Fluorophenyl)-5-cyano-6-chloropyridine (8.6 g) prepared in Example 1 was dissolved in ethyl acetate (300 ml), followed by adding to the solution, Pd-C (1 g) and triethylamine (12 ml), subjecting the above pyridine derivative to catalytic reduction at ordinary temperature and ordinary pressure, thereafter adding water (100 ml), filtering, withdrawing the ethyl acetate layer separated from the filtrate, twice washing it with water, distilling off ethyl acetate, and recrystallizing the residue from ethanol to obtain the objective 2-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-cyanopyridine (3.8 g). M.P.: 149.0° C.
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