“…8 The various reported methodologies involve the use of inorganic supports such as alumina, silica gel and clay under microwave irradiation, [9][10][11][12] AcOH or TFA, 13, 14 HCl, 15 piperidine, 16 and also the catalysts such as BF 3 .Et 2 O, NaBH 4 , polyphosphoric acid (PPA)/SiO 2 , MgO/POCl 3 , amberlyst-15, Yb(OTf) 3 , Al 2 O 3 /P 2 O 5 , AcOH/ MW, sulfated zirconia, N-bromosuccinimide (NBS), Ga(OTf) 3 , 17 sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), 18 have been used to improve reaction efficiency.…”