The reaction of phenol (I) with ethyl 4-chloroacetoacetate (II) by means of KOH in DMSO gives ethyl 4 phenoxyacetoacetate (III), which by treatment with NH3 is converted into ethyl 3-amino-4-phenoxycrotonate (IV). The cyclization of (IV) with propargyl aldehyde (V) in hot toluene affords ethyl 2-(phenoxymethyl)nicotinate (VI), which is cyclized again by means of polyphosphoric acid (PPA) to yield 5,11-dihydro[1]benzoxepino[3,4-b)pyridin-5-one (VII). The reduction of (VII) with NaBH4 in ethanol gives the corresponding alcohol (VIII), which is finally condensed with N,N-diethylethylene diamine (IX) by means of SOCl2 in dichloromethane.