2- pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones 3 were synthesized by the cyclocondensation of 2-amino-3-carbethoxy-4,6-dimethylpyridine 1 with methyl-N-aryldithiocarbamates 2 and compared with the condensation between 1 and aryl isothiocyanates 4. When a comparative study of N vs S alkylation of ambident 2-thioxo-5,7-dimethylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones 3 was carried out under liquid-liquid and solid-liquid phase transfer conditions using various alkylating agents 5, the S-alkylated products 6 were obtained exclusively and selectively. Therefore, in continuation of our interest in fused pyrimidines and phase transfer catalysed alkylation of ambident heterocyclic system [22], it was of interest to synthesize 2-thioxo-5,7-dimethylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones, which is an ambident system, for the comparative study of N vs. S alkylation under liquid-liquid (L-L) and solid-liquid (S-L) phase transfer conditions. Further, the required 2-thioxo-5,7-dimethylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones as were synthesized for the first time using methyl-N-aryldithiocarbamates and compared with the previously reported method using aryl isothiocyanates.When 2-amino-3-carbethoxy-4,6-dimethylpyridine (1) was cyclocondensed with methyl-N-aryldithiocarbamates (2), 3-substituted 2-thioxo-5,7-dimethylpyrido[2,3-d]-pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones 3 were obtained in 55-69% yields. The reaction is supposed to proceed via in situ cyclization of the intermediate N 1 -substituted-N 2 -[2-(3-carbethoxy-5,6-dimethylpyridyl)]thioureas (Method A). The same compounds 3 were prepared by the cyclocondensation reaction of 1 and aryl isothiocyanates 4 (Method B) according to the method reported by Dave et al. [13,14] and the result was found to be identical (Scheme 1).