A simple and efficient regiospecific synthesis of 6-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazolo [3, 4-b] pyridines has been achieved in excellent yields via a three-component reaction between 2- hydrazinobenzothiazoles, α-cyanoacetophenones and trifluoromethyl-β-diketones under solvent-free conditions. This method was found to be more convenient than the classical stepwise solvent mediated process, which furnished not only the opposite regioisomer ie ...