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Alcoholysis of 3-methylpyridine-2-carbonitrile (I) with hot tert-butanol and H2SO4 gives the N-tert-butylcarboxamide (II), which is alkylated with 3-chlorobenzyl chloride (III) and BuLi in THF, yielding N-tert-butyl-3-[2-(3-chlorophenyl)ethyl]pyridine-2-carboxamide (IV). The reaction of (IV) with refluxing POCl3 and then with NaOH affords the corresponding nitrile (V), which is condensed with 1-methylpiperidin-4-ylmagnesium chloride (VI) in THF to give the ketone (VII). Cyclization of (VII) by means of either BF3 in HF or trifluoromethanesulfonic acid yields 8-chloro-11-(1-methylpiperidin-4-ylidene)-6,11-dihydro-5H-benzo[5,6]cyclohepta[1,2-b]pyridine (VIII), which is reacted with cyanogen bromide in benzene to give the N-cyano compound (IX). Finally, this compound is treated with HCl in refluxing acetic acid/water. Alternatively, 8-chloro-11-(1-methylpiperidin-4-ylidene)-6,11-dihydro-5H-benzo[5,6]cyclohepta[1,2-b]pyridine (VIII) is treated with ethyl chloroformate in hot toluene, affording the carbamate (X) (2), which is finally decarboxylated with KOH or NaOH in refluxing ethanol/water.

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Condensation of ethyl nicotinate (XI) with 3-chlorophenylacetonitrile (XII) by means of sodium ethoxide in ethanol gives 2-(3-chlorophenyl)-3-oxo-3-(3-pyridyl)propionitrile (XIII), which by refluxing with concentrated HBr yields 2-(3-chlorophenyl)-1-(3-pyridyl)ethanone (XIV). The reduction of (XIV) with hydrazine hydrate and NaOH in diethylene glycol at 235-40 C affords 3-(2-phenylethyl) pyridine (XV), which is oxidized with H2O2 in hot acetic acid to provide the corresponding N-oxide (XVI). Reaction of (XVI) with NaCN and dimethyl sulfate in water affords the previously described 3-(2-phenylethyl)pyridine-2-carbonitrile (V), which can be worked up as previously described or cyclized with polyphosphoric acid (PPA) at 180 C to give 8-chloro-6,11-dihydro-5H-benzo[5,6]cyclohepta[1,2-b]pyridin-11-one (XVII). The condensation of (XVII) with 1-methylpiperidin-4-ylmagnesium chloride (VI) in THF yields the corresponding carbinol (XVIII), which is dehydrated with PPA at 170 C to afford the previously reported 8-chloro-11-(1-methylpiperidin-4-ylidene)-6,11-dihydro-5H-benzo[5,6]cyclohepta[1,2-b]pyridine (VIII).