“…A great number of other examples of the use of cyanoacetamides and their S-and Se-derivatives in the synthesis of functionalised 3-cyanopyridin-2(1H)-ones, -thiones and -selenones, 560 ± 604 3-cyanopyridin-2-olates and -thiolates, 605 ± 609 pyrimidin-2-ones, 610 ± 616 tetrahydroquinolin-2-ones, 617, 618 5-cyano-3,4-diphenylpyridazin-6-one, 619 2-aryl-5-cyano-4-methylthio-1,3oxazin-6-ones 620 and other heterocyclic compounds are also documented. Cyanoacetamides 1a,b have found application in the synthesis of substituted pyridines 282, 621 quinolines 178, 438 283, 622 284, 623, 624 isoquinolines 285, 388,389,625 286, 626 pyrazine 287, 627 dihydropyrrolopyrimidines 288 628 and triazines 289.…”