[NH2:1][C:2]1[C:7]([N+:8]([O-])=O)=[CH:6][CH:5]=[C:4]([NH:11][CH2:12][C:13]2[CH:18]=[CH:17][C:16]([F:19])=[CH:15][CH:14]=2)[N:3]=1.[H][H]>COCCO.[Ni]>[NH2:1][C:2]1[C:7]([NH2:8])=[CH:6][CH:5]=[C:4]([NH:11][CH2:12][C:13]2[CH:18]=[CH:17][C:16]([F:19])=[CH:15][CH:14]=2)[N:3]=12-amino-3-nitro-6-(4-fluorobenzylamino)pyridine (ANFP) is dissolved in 2-methoxyethanol and is hydrogenated with hydrogen in the presence of Raney nickel at 5 bar and 60° C. to give 2,3-diamino-6-(4-fluorobenzyl-amino)pyridine. This is acylated with ethyl chloroformate and triethylamine under inert gas to give flupirtine base. The catalyst is filtered off and a solution of isopropanol and maleic acid is added directly to the filtrate which contains triethylamine hydrochloride, crude flupirtine maleate being precipitated with vigorous stirring under an inert-gas atmosphere.
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