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The Lewis acid-induced cyclisation of xycarbonyl)vinyl]pyrido[1,2-a]-p
yrimidin-4(4H)-one 1a, which provides a novel and regioselective synth
etic approach to the fused pyridine-ring, is described for the first t
ime.