Cyanothioacetamide in Heterocyclic Chemistry: Synthesis of Piperidine-3-carbonitrile, Pyrazolopyridine, Thiinopyridine-3-carbonitrile Derivatives, and Their Theoretical Calculations

Cyanothioacetamide ( 1 ) reacted with acrylonitrile ( 2 ) to afford the corresponding 6-oxo-2-sulfanylpiperidine-3-carbonitrile ( 6 ), which oxidized to give compounds 7 and 8 under different conditions. Moreover, compound 6 was used as a starting material to synthesize 12a-c , 16a-d , 26a-c , 27a-c , and 30a-c via reactions with aromatic aldehydes 9a-c , diazonium chlorides 13a-d , and 3-arylpropennitrile derivatives 18a-i respectively. Considering the data of IR, 1 H NMR, mass spectra, elemental analyses, and theoretical calculations, all the structures of the newly synthesized heterocyclic compounds were elucidated.