“…[10] Additionally, this method has difficulty in the synthesis of different substituted biologically active Hantzsch esters derivatives. Then, some improved synthetic methods for preparing these 1,4-DHPs compounds have been reported by condensation of aldehydes, ammonium salts, and b-keto esters in the presence of Lewis acid, [11,12] Bronsted acid,[13Á15] solid acid, [16] base, [17,18] biocatalysts, [19,20] organocatalysts [21], and ionic liquids [22,23] as catalysts. Recently, the progress of modified Hantzsch reactions in aqueous medium, solvent-, and/or catalyst-free synthesis has attracted the attention of chemists because they are environmentally benign processes.…”