“…After then, the Biginelli reaction for the synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one has received renewed interest and a number of improved procedures have been reported using different conditions, such as the classical reaction conditions, the microwave irradiation [4], solid phase reagents [5], and ionic liquids [6]. The reactions were generally carried out in the presence of Lewis acid catalysts, such as BF 3 ·OEt 2 /CuCl [7], CuI [8], Cu(OTf) 2 [9], Cu(BF 4 ) 2 [10], polyphosphonate ester (PPE) [11], In(OTf) 3 [12], InBr 3 , InCl 3 [13], LaCl 3 ·7H 2 O [14], La(OTf) 3 [15], Yb(OTf) 3 [16], ceric ammonium nitrate [17], Mn(OAc) 3 ·2H 2 O [18], BiCl 3 [19], LiClO 4 [20], CeCl 3 ·7H 2 O [21], Ce(NO 3 ) 3 ·6H 2 O [22], FeCl 3 ·6H 2 O and NiCl 2 ·6H 2 O/HCl [23], ZnCl 2 [24], ZrCl 4 and ZrOCl 2 ·8H 2 O [25], Sr(OTf) 2 [26], Bi(OTf) 3 [27], LiBr [28], NH 4 Cl [29], CaF 2 [30], Y(NO 3 ) 3 ·6H 2 O [31], PhB(OH) 2 [32], or SmI 2 [33] etc. Most recently, the application of Lewis base as the catalyst [34] and the asymmetric synthesis [35] for the Bignielli reaction have been investigated.…”