Substituted 2-amino-3-cyano-4H-pyrans represent important precursors in syntheses of condensed heterocycles containing a 4H-pyran nucleus. In the context of studies of reactivity of 2-amino-5-acetyl-4-(5-X-2-furyl)-3-cyano-6-methyl-4H-pyrans we were interested in the possibility of preparing 2-aryl(heteroaryl)methyleneamino-4H-pyrans III.