3-Picoline(1) was synthesized by liquid-phase method under microwave irradiation. The structure was confirmed by GC-MS. Various influencing parameters, including carbon sources(glycerol, acrolein dimethyl acetal and acrolein diethyl acetal), ammonia sources(ammonium ferrous sulfate, ammonium acetate and ammonium hydroxide), amount of heterogeneous catalyst and solvent(water, ionic liquid, diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and dimethyl sulfoxide) on the synthesis of 1 were investigated. The results indicated that acrolein wa...