A new copper(II) Schiff base complex immobilized on silica-coated nanomagnetic Fe 3 O 4 was synthesized from acetylacetonate (acac) and 2aminothiophenol (ATP). The newly synthesized nanocatalyst, Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2acac-2ATP-Cu(II), was structurally characterized using several analytical techniques. The catalytic activity of the Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 -acac-2ATP-Cu(II) nanoparticles was investigated for the synthesis of pyrano[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives from the one-pot three-component reaction of aldehydes, malononitrile and 3-cyano-6-hydroxy-4-methylpyridin-2(1H)-one. A high catalytic performance was exhibited by this nanocatalyst under solvent-free conditions and excellent yields of the products were achieved in reasonably short reaction times. The nanoparticles could be easily separated from the reaction mixture simply by magnetic decantation and reused for several consecutive runs without significant loss of catalytic activity. KEYWORDS acac-2ATP Schiff base-Cu(II) complex, Fe 3 O 4 -immobilized Schiff base copper complex, nanomagnetic Fe 3 O 4 , nanoparticle, pyranopyridine