Vd. Dyachenko et al., A NEW METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF N-METHYLMORPHOLINIUM CYANO-2-OXO-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROPYRIDINE-6-THIOLATES AND THEIR PROPERTIES, Russian chemical bulletin, 46(10), 1997, pp. 1758-1762
N-Methylmorpholinium cyano-2-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridine-6-thiolate
s were obtained by the condensation of aromatic aldehydes, cyanothioac
etamide, and Meldrum's acid in the presence of N-methylmorpholine. The
y were then used in the syntheses of substituted 6-alkylthio-3,4-dihyd
ropyridin-2(1H)-ones and 4,5-dihydrothieno[2,3-b]pyridin-6(7H)-ones.