Summary 2-Propinyl (3-pyridyl) ether (l), synthesized from the corresponding 3-pyridinol, was heated in DMF or decane at 208" in a sealed tube. In this way the furopyridines 2 and 3 were formed, and furthermore the pyranopyridine 4 if decane was used as solvent (Scheme I). The same reactions took place with (2-methyl-3-pyridyl) 2-propiny1 ether (14). In DMF only 15, and in decane 16 as well as 15 were formed (Scheme 3). The rearrangement of ...