Synthesis and transformations of 3-acetylpyridine-2(1H)-thiones

Reactions of substituted 3-cyanopyridine-2(1H)-thiones with methyllithium gave 3-acetylpyridine-2(1H)-thiones. The best results were achieved by adding a solid-state thione to a solution of methyllithium in ether (thione: MeLi = 1: 3). The compounds obtained and their 3-pentanoyl analogs were used to synthesize a number of fused heterocyclic systems. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1504–1507, July, 2008.