N,1-Bis(4-ethoxyphenyl)-2,6-dimethyl-4-oxo-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxamide

Condensation of ethyl acetoacetate and phenetidine gives the title compound, C24H26N2O4. The planar ethoxyphenyl group attached to the pyridine ring is twisted about 77.96 (11)° out of the plane of the N-ethoxycarboxamidopyridine unit. The carboxamide unit forms a dihedral angle of about 28.1 (2)° with the pyridine ring.