“…p-toluenesulfonic acid 7 , potassium hydrogen sulphate 8 , chloroacetic acid 9 , titanium(IV)chloride 10 , ruthenium(III)chloride 11 , scandium(III)triflate 12 ,Iodine-alumina 13 ,Cobalt(II) acetate 14 , sulphated zirconia 15 , ferric chloride hexahydrate 16 , MgBr 2 17 , nbcl 5 18 , Lewis acids 19,20 viz. Yb (OTf) 3 21 , InCl 3 22 , CuCl 2 23 , SnCl 2 24 , BF 3 .OEt 2 25 , ZrCl 4 26 , L-proline 19 , L-proline methylester hydrochloride 27 , ZnCl 2 28, 29 , Zinc sulphamate 30 , combination catalytic system such as tin chloride-lithium chloride 31 , cupric chloridelithium chloride 32 , ferric chloride/tetraethyl orthosilicates 33 , Trimethylsilyl triflate 34 , strontium(II)triflate 35 , cadmium chloride 36 , methanesulfonic acid 37 , Iron(III) 38 , (AlCl 3 +KI) 39 , bimetal system , Cupy 2 Cl 2 40 , Samariumdiiodide 41 . Besides these catalysts, recently Pb(NO 3 ) 3, 42 , alkaline phosphates 43,44,45 and sulphates 46 have been also employed.…”