Microwave Assisted Synthesis of 3-Pyridyl Carboxamido-4-aryl-but-3-ene-2-ones

Abstract

2-Amino pyridine (1) was condensed with ethylacetoacetate to yield aceto acetamido pyridine (2). Compound 2 was treated with substituted aromatic aldehydes to get 3-pyridyl carboxamido-4-aryl-but-3-ene-2-ones (3) using microwave irradiation. The structure of all the synthesized compounds was confirmed on the basis of their elemental and spectral analysis.