The versatile multifunctional hitherto unreported 2,6-bis-[3-oxo-3-propanenitrile-2-(N,Ndimethylamino)methylene]pyridine 3 was prepared by the reaction of pyridine-2,6-bis-(3-oxo-3-propanenitrile) 2 with dimethylformamide-dimethylacetal (DMF-DMA). Several new pyrazole, isoxazole, pyrimidine, pyrazolopyrimidine, triazolopyrimidine and imidazopyrimidine derivatives have been synthesized by the reactions of 2,6-bis[3-oxo-3-propanenitrile-2-(N,Ndimethylamino)methylene]pyridine 3 with several nitrogen binucleophiles.