Many pyridinethiones are biologically active. In view of our interest in developing efficient syntheses of polyfunctionally substituted heteroaromatics utilizing the readily obtainable enaminone 3 as starting materials. So, treatment of enaminone 3 with cyanothioacetamide or cyanoacetamide afforded the pyridinethione 5a and pyridone 5b. compound 5a reacted with α-halo-ketones in refluxing sodium ethoxide to give the thienopyridine derivatives 9a ...
