Alkylation of pyridine 1a,b with 3-chloropropanol, 1,3-dichloroisopropanol, epichlorohydrin and methyl bromoacetate under microwave irradiation afforded N-(4-(5-cyano-6-(3-hydroxypropoxy)-4-(4-isopropylphenyl)pyridin-2-yl)phenyl)-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide (2a), N-(4-(5-cyano-6-(3-hydroxypropoxy)-4-(thiophen-2-yl)pyridin-2-yl)phenyl)-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide (2b), N-(4-(6-(3-chloro-2hydroxypropo...