Isovaleric Aldehyde in the Synthesis of 4-Isobutyl-Substituted Pyridine-2(1H)-thiones, 4H-Pyrans, and 1,3-Cyclohexadiene

Cyclocondensation of isovaleric aldehyde with various CH acids benzoylacetonitrile, malononitrile, cyanothioacetamide, 4-hydroxycoumarin, resorcinol, 3-phenylpyrazol-5(1H)-one, 3-morpholinocrotonanilide] in the presence of amines yields isobutyl-substituted 4H-pyrans, 1,3-cyclohexadiene, and pyridine-2(1H)-thiones. The latter compounds were used in the synthesis of substituted 2-pyridino thioethers and thieno2,3-b]pyridine.__________Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 75, No. 3, 2005, pp. 476–482.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Dyachenko.