“…14,15 A number of the spiropyrazolo-3,3'-thiopyrano [2,3-b] pyridines and new tetra-and penta-heterocycles, which could be obtained by treating 3-(N,N-dimethylamino) methylene derivatives with nitrilimines and aminoazoles, respectively, showed high antifungal and anti-bacterial activities. 15 Motivated by the above literature observations and our own previous reports, [16][17][18] herein we describe the use of the 4,6-dimethylnicotinonitrile-2-thiol (1) for the synthesis of thiopyranopyridine heterocyclic ring systems (Schemes 1-3) to investigate their antitumor activities. In addition, we were able to perform the iodine labeling of the new compound 5 using NBS as an oxidizing agent and examined the factors affecting the labeling yield.…”