“…The reaction of cyanoacetohydrazide 1 with α,βunsaturated nitriles 2 or aldehydes and methylene active nitriles 3 (in a multicomponent version) leads to the formation of 1,6-diamino-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carbonitrile derivatives 4 [1][2][3][4][5][6] (Scheme 1). Such compounds are of interest as starting materials for the preparation of polyazaheterocycles with a bridging nitrogen atom, namely fused 1,2,4-triazines 5 [7,8], 1,2,4,3-triazaphospholo [1,5-a]pyridines 6 [9], [1,2,4]triazolo [1,5-a]pyridines 7 [10][11][12], pyrido [1,2-b] [1,2,4]triazepines 8 [13][14][15][16], and nicotinonitrile derivatives 9 [3] (Scheme 1). Compounds 4 are also promising lowmolecular-weight ligands with an antitumor effect for binding VEGFR-2 kinase [17], phosphodiesterase PDE4 [18], new antibacterial and fungicidal drugs [19], etc.…”