Heterocyclic 1,2-dicarbonitriles such as 2,3-dicyanoazines hold considerable interest as precursors of azaphthalocyanine dyes used in the preparation of highly stable dyes, new functional materials for nonlinear optics, photoconductors, liquid crystals, electrochromic devices, solar energy devices, color monitors, laser systems for information storage [1][2][3], and in photodynamic therapy [4].Heterocyclic 1,2-dicarbonitriles also serve as convenient starting blocks in the synthesis of condensed heterocycles. Analysis of the literature data showed that the reactions of 2,3-dicyanopyridines with N-nucleophiles, in particular, with amines, have hardly been studied [5][6][7]. In a study of the heterocyclization reactions of N-acylhydrazines with phthalodinitrile [8], pyridine-2,3-dicarbonitriles have attracted special attention, specifically 4,6-dimethylpyridine-2,3-dicarbonitrile. On one hand, the result of the cyclization reaction cannot be unequivocally predicted due to the asymmetry of this compound due to the presence of the nitrogen atom in the ring. Furthermore, the presence of a methyl group at C-4 in this dicarbonitrile may affect the regioselectivity of the reaction. Several products whose structures were not established have been formed in the reaction of pyridine-2,3-dicarbonitrile with ammonia or acid hydrazides [9].The method for the synthesis of 2,3-dicyanopyridine involving conversion of derivatives of pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid [10] cannot be used for the preparation of alkyl-substituted pyridine-2,3-dicarbonitriles. 2-Halopyridines already containing a nitrile group at C-3 of the pyridine ring have been used in an approach to the synthesis of alkyl-substituted pyridine-2,3-dicarbonitriles. The introduction of a second cyano group by nucleophilic substitution of halogen atoms by a cyanide ion should lead to alkyl-substituted pyridine-