Sodium Hydroxide → N-[3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,2,7,8-tetrahydro-N,1,7-trimethyl-2,8-dioxo-6-pyrido [3,4-b]pyridinecarboxamide

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A mixture of 6-[N-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]-N-methylaminocarbonyl]-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-7,8-dihydro-1,7-dimethyl-8-oxopyrido[3,4-b]pyridinium iodide (Example 29) (100 mg), THF (3 ml), potassium ferricyanide (500 mg) and 1N-NaOH was stirred for 15 hours. The solvent was distilled off. To the residue was added ethyl acetate, and the mixture was washed with water and dried, then the solvent was distilled off. The residue was subjected to a silica-gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate) for separation and purification to afford the above-titled compound as colorless crystals (35 mg), m.p.210°-212° C. (recrystallized from ethyl acetate-isopropyl ether).

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