“…[4,5] Compounds containing imidazole backbone possess versatile biological activities like anticancer, [6] antibacterial, [7] antifungal, [8] antiinflammatory, [9] antitumor, [10] properties. Also, the imidazole nucleus is present as an essential structure in a number of therapeutic agents, fungicides, herbicides, [11] plant-growth regulators, [12] inhibitors of p38 MAP kinase, [13] and potent inhibitors of protein-protein interactions. [14] There are numerous methods reported for the synthesis of 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazoles by four-component condensation of benzil with a variety of substituted aldehydes, primary amines and ammonium acetate using different catalysts such as sulphated yttria (SO 4 /Y 2 O 3 ), [15] L-Proline, [16] L-Cystein, [17] MCM-41, [18] p-TSA, [19] CAN, [20] Molecular Iodine, [21] Bronsted Acid Ionic Liquid, [22] DABCO, [23] Y(NO 3 ) × 6H 2 O, [24] (CuNO 3 ) 2 -Zeolite, [25] BF 3 ⋅ SiO 2, [26] Silica gel/NaHSO 4, [27] HCIO 4 -SiO 2, [28] ZrCl 4, [29] InCl 3 ⋅ 3H 2 O, [30] [31] Silica Sulphuric acid, [32] NiCl 2 ⋅ 6H 2 O/Al 2 O 3, [33] Yb(OTf) 3, [34] Selectflour TM , [35] H 2 SO 4 ⋅ SiO 2, [36] Ultrasonic Irradiation, [37] Amberlyst A-15, [38] PEG-400, [39] Glycerol, [40] and AcOH.…”