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4-Cyanopyridine is a reagent for the synthesis of 1-tolyl-5-benzylthiotetrazole and 2-hexylthio-4-pyridinecarbonitrile, an antituberculotics. Preparation of the antihypertensive agent Pinacidil using the chemoselective and green oxidative rearrangement of an amidine and addition of an amine to a guanidine as the key step. Structure-based discovery of human L-xylulose reductase inhibitors from database screening and molecular docking. Human L-xylulose reductase (XR) is an enzyme of the glucuronic acid/uronate cycle of glucose metabolism with the possible target for treatment of the long-term complications of diabetes.