(2-Oxo-1, 2-dihydropyridin-3-yl)-1, 3, 5-triazine derivatives 10 were obtained unexpectedly, in stead of pyrido [2, 3-d] pyrimidine derivatives, by the intermolecular aza-Wittig reaction of methyl 2-(N-triphenylphosphoranylidene) aminonicotinate 3 with aryl isocyanates followed by attempted heterocyclization by use of prim-amines. A novel sequential aza- Wittig/cycloaddition/ring-transformation mechanism for the formation of 10 has been ...