A number of 2, 6-dihydroxypyridines (3) and pyrido [2, 3-d] pyrimidines (9) were prepared in one step from 1, 3-dimethyluracil derivatives (1) via new transfragment reactions by which the N, C2-N3 fragment of 1 is displaced by the CC-N fragment of acyclic or cyclic l, &ambident nucleophiles. As acyclic nucleophiles, acetamide derivatives (2) substituted at the a position with an electron-withdrawing R3 group were employed. The products were ...