“…37–39 Recently, the reaction between aldehyde, malononitrile, and thiol via a one-pot pseudo-four component reaction was evaluated as an efficient and simple method for the preparation of 2-amino-3,5-dicarbonitrile-6-thio-pyridines in the presence of a catalyst. In recent years, more effective catalysts for the preparation of pyridine derivatives have been reported, such as ZnCl 2 , 40 NAP-MgO, 41 iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX), 42 DBU, 43 KF/alumina, 44 scandium( iii ) triflate, 45 [bmIm]OH, 46 DABCO, 47 WEB, 48 Fe 2 O 3 @Fe 3 O 4 @Co 3 O 4 , 49 NaNH 2 , 50 Cu( i ) nanoparticles, 51 Zn( ii ) and Cd( ii ) MOFs, 52 microporous molecular sieves 4A, 53 and phosphotungstic acid/CTAB. 54 Nevertheless, some previously reported procedures remain valuable, albeit many of these procedures have significant drawbacks, such as low yields, tedious workup procedures, high temperatures, long reaction times, and the use of phosphine ligands and copper salts.…”