Michael addition of acrylonitrile (II) to 4-fluoro-2-nitroaniline (I) in the presence of Triton B provided nitrile (III). The nitro group of (III) was then reduced to the amine (IV) by hydrogenation over Pd/C. Further cyclization of amine (IV) with ethyl (ethoxycarbonyl)acetimidate (V) furnished the benzimidazole (VI). Diester (VII) (prepared by refluxing the nitrile (VI) with ethanolic HCl), was submitted to Dieckmann cyclization in the presence of NaOEt to produce the pyridobenzimidazole (VIII). Reaction of the ester group of (VIII) with 2-fluoroaniline (IX) in boiling xylene yielded the corresponding anilide (X), which was finally alkylated with ethoxymethyl chloride (XI) in the presence of NaH and crown ether.