The condensation of 2-chloropyridine (I) with ethyl trifluoroacetate (II) by means of LDA in THF gives 2-chloro-3-(trifluoroacetyl)pyridine (III), which is condensed with 4-fluoroaniline (IV) by means of refluxing aqueous acetic acid to yield the diarylamine (V). The cyclization of (V) by means of concentrated H2SO4 affords 7-fluoro-5-hydroxy-5-(trifluoromethyl)-5,10-dihydro-benzo[b]-1,8-naphthyridine (VI), which is dehydrated in THF to give 7-fluoro-5-(trifluoromethyl)benzo[b]-1,8-naphthyridine (VII). The condensation of (VII) with cyclopropylmethanol (VIII) by means of anhydrous HCl in dichloromethane yields the 5-(cyclopropylmethoxy)-7-fluoro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-5,10-dihydro-benzo[b]-1,8-naphthyridine (IX), which is oxidated by means of MCPBA in dichloromethane to afford the N-oxide (X) (1, 2). Finally, this racemic compound is submitted to chiral HPLC to obtain the target enantiomer (1).