“…Therefore, the development of new procedures for their synthesis is still a desirable goal. Due to the wide range of applications and pharmacological activity of 2-amino-3-cyanopyridine derivatives, a variety of reagents and catalysts such as ytterbium perfluorooctanoate [Yb(PFO) 3 ] (37), Graphene oxide (38), 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (39), Fe 3 O 4 /cellulose (40), ionic liquids (41), and Au/MgO (42) have been reported for the synthesis of these compounds. However, most of these procedures suffer from one or more drawbacks such as the use of expensive metal catalysts, harsh reaction conditions, tedious multistep syntheses, use of toxic solvent, complicated reaction procedures.…”