Sodium hydride → Dipyridodiazepinone deriv. 36

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Sodium hydride (0.9 g of a 50% dispersion in mineral oil) was added to a solution of N-(2-bromo-6-methoxy-3-pyridinyl)-2-ethylamino-N-methyl-3-pyridinecarboxamide (1.4 g) in xylene (20 ml) and the mixture refluxed for 2 hours. After cooling, the mixture was quenched with methanol, diluted with ethyl acetate, and washed with water. The organic phase was dried (anhydrous magnesium sulfate), concentrated, and purified on a silica gel column (ethyl acetate/hexane, 1:4) to give fairly pure product, which was then recrystallized twice from ethyl acetate/hexane to give 0.52 g of pure 5,11-dihydro-11-ethyl-2-methoxy-5-methyl-6H-dipyrido[3,2-b:2',3'-e][1,4]diazepin-6-one, m.p. 116°-118° C.

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