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2,2-Dimethyl-5-((phenylamino)methylene)-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione, prepared by ternary condensation of Meldrum’s acid with triethyl orthoformate and aniline, reacts with cyanoacetic acid hydrazide in the presence of KOH to give 1-amino-5-cyano-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic acid, which is useful as drug precursors or perspective ligands.