“…Recently, several synthetic procedures for preparing of DHPMs have been reported, such as the use of a number of Lewis acid catalysts as well as protic acids including Y(NO 3 ) 3 .6H 2 O [8], Cu(BF 4 ) 2 [9], KAl(SO 4 ) 2 .12H 2 O [10], Mg(ClO 4 ) 2 [11], triphenylphosphine [12], Ca(NO 3 ) 2 [13], and H 3 BO 3 [14]. In addition, microwave irradiation [15], ultrasound irradiation [16], and ionic liquid [17] have also been utilized to improve and modify this reaction. As part of our current studies on the development of new catalysts [18,19], herein, we report an efficient and environmentally friendly method for the synthesis of 4-aryl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-thiones catalyzed by Ni on SiO 2 at room temperature (Scheme 1).…”