ISSN 2321-807X 2101 | Page May 27, 2014 Poly (4-vinylpyridine) and polyaniline: As efficient and commercial available basic catalysts for the synthesis of N-amino-2-pyridones under thermal conditions or microwave irradiation Tayebeh Sattaei Mokhtari b , Hassan Sheibani a* , Mohammad Ali Amrollahi b and Enayatollah Sheikh hosseini c a Department of Chemistry, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman 76169, Iran hsheibani@mail.uk.ac.ir b Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Yazd University, P. O. Box 89195-741, Yazd, Iran taybeh.mokhtari@gmail.com c Department of Chemistry, Kerman Branch Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran enayatsheikhhosseini@gmail.com *Corresponding author: hsheibani@mail.uk.ac.ir ABSTRACT Poly (4-vinylpyridine) and polyaniline as highly effective base catalysts have catalyzed the three-component reaction of an appropriate aldehyde, cyanoacetic acid hydrazide and malononitrile to prepare of the corresponding N-amino-2-pyridone derivatives. These reactions occur in ethanol at reflux or under microwave heating, in the presence of the base catalysts, are inexpensive and easily obtained with consistent activity. Keywords: Poly (4-vinylpyridine); polyaniline; cyanoacetic acid hydrazide; N-amino-2-pyridine; microwave irradiation Council for Innovative Research Peer Review Research Publishing System Journal: Journal of Advances in Chemistry Vol. 10, No. 1 editorjaconline@gmail.com www.cirworld.org/journals