“…17 A wide range of catalysts including metal salts, such as aluminum, ruthenium, zinc, iron, indium, nickel, magnesium and cerium compounds, were described. [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] However, most of the Kabachnik-Fields reactions may be performed in a catalyst-free and even solvent-free manner, [26][27][28][29] especially under microwave irradiation. 27,28,30 A special approach is the so-called bis Kabachnik-Fields protocol, in which the primary amine is reacted with two equivalents of the aldehyde (mostly formaldehyde) and with a similar amount of dialkyl phosphite or secondary phosphine oxide to furnish bis( phosphonoylmethyl)-or bis( phosphinoylmethyl)amines, respectively.…”