“…Moreover, most Lewis acid catalysts are likely to be poisoned by alkyl and arylamine reagents [12]. In order to overcome some of these limitations, a number of alternative procedures have been reported over the past few years using a variety of catalysts such as PdCl 2 (MeCN) 2 [13], InCl 3 [14], CeCl 3 Á7H 2 O [15], Yb(OTf) 3 [16,17], SmI 2 [18], Cu(OTf) 2 [19,20], Bi(NO 3 ) 2 [21], LiClO 4 [22], TMSCl [23], Boric acid [24], Borax [25], and acidic solids [26]. Heterogeneous solid salts [22,27], fluoride [27], ionic liquid [28], b-cyclodextrin [29], and sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) [30] have also been used for this transformation.…”