Regioselective synthesis of 5,6-polymethylene-3-cyanopyridine-2(1H)-thiones and fused heterocycles based on them

Condensation of 2-hydroxymethylenecyclopentan-1-one or -cyclooctan-1-one sodium salts with cyanothioacetamide afforded 5,6-polymethylene-3-cyanopyridine-2(1H)-thiones which were regioselectively alkylated at the sulfur atom by alkyl halides. Derivatives of 3-cyanopyridine-2(1H)-thione and 2-alkylthio-3-cyanopyridine were used for regioselective synthesis of substituted heterocycles: 3-aminothieno[2,3-b]pyridines, pyrido[2,3∶2′,3′]thieno[4,5-d]pyrimidines, and pyrido[2,3∶2′,3′]thieno[4,5-d]oxazines.