Keywords: 4,5-dihydro-1,3-dithioltrithione (isotrithionedithiol), 5-(2-pyridyl) [1,3]dithiolo [4,5-b][1,4]-dithiine-2-thione, 5-(2-pyridyl)-5,6-dihydro [1,3]dithiolo [4,5-b][1,4]dithiine-2-thione, 5-(4-pyridyl)-5,6-dihydro[1,3]dithiolo [4,5-b][1,4]dithiine-2-thione, IR, 1 H and 13 C NMR spectra, X-ray diffraction analysis.4,5-Dihydro-1,3-dithioltrithione, or isotrithionedithiol (dmit), is widely used to obtain derivatives of tetrathiafulvalene: components of synthetic metals and superconductors [1-3] and also many mononuclear and polynuclear metal complexes [4,5] which can be used to obtain synthetic metals and superconductors. In recent years, interest has also grown in the chemistry of complexes based on 4,5-ethylenedithio-1,3-dithiol-2-thione (C 5 H 4 S 5 ) [6][7][8]. In this connection, the work of J. Becher et al.[9] on functionalization of dmit with alkylpyridyl groups is of interest. The Becher method makes it possible to obtain derivatives of dmit that contain two alkylpyridyl substituents at the 4 and 5 positions. Thus in reaction of the complex [(H 5 C 2 ) 4 N] 2 [Zn(dmit) 2 ] with 2-vinylpyridine, the compound 4,5-bis(2-pyridylethylsulfanyl)-1,3-dithiol-2-thione (1) is obtained.Another reaction route is also possible. In [10], 4,5-(2-pyridylethylenedithio)-1,3-dithiol-2-thione (2) and 4,5-(4-pyridylethylenedithio)-1,3-dithiol-2-thione (3) are described, the products of cycloaddition of respectively 2-and 4-vinylpyridine to isotrithionedithiol. Such compounds are of significant interest as ligands in polynuclear complexes and clusters. A method has been described for obtaining substituted 4,5-ethylenedithio-1,3-dithiol-2-thiones, based on the reaction observed by the authors of [10,11] between alkenes and isotrithionedithiol, a compound to which they assigned a polymeric structure (C 3 S 5 ) x . As we established in [12], isotrithionedithiol, synthesized by oxidation of a solution of sodium isotrithionedithiolate Na 2 C 3 S 5 in DMF by a methanol solution of iodine at 0°C, has a dimer structure: C 6 S 10 , which is consistent with X-ray diffraction data [13] and allows us to hypothesize the possibility of a Diels-Alder type reaction between isotrithionedithiol and alkenes (Scheme 1).Accordingly, the aim of this work was to study the products of condensation of isotrithionedithiol with 2-and 4-vinylpyridines, obtained by the method of O. Neiland and J. Becher, and also with 2-ethynylpyridine. In the latter case, a bicyclic conjugated system is formed.