“…The protocol of the Knoevenagel condensation reaction of aldehyde with malononitrile was reported using different catalysts such as diamine-functionalized meso polymers [ 17 ], amine functionalized, mesoporous zirconia [ 18 ], Mg–Al mixed oxide on hexagonal mesoporous silica [ 19 ], biguanide-functionalized meso-porous silica [ 20 ], acid–base bifunctional mesoporous MCM-41 silica [ 21 ], amine-functionalized super paramagnetic nanoparticles [ 22 ], chitosan hydrogel [ 23 ], acrylic resin immobilized lipase [ 24 ], organic–inorganic hybrid silica materials containing imidazoliumand dihydroimidazolium salts [ 25 ], IRMOF-3 [ 26 ], ZIF-8 [ 27 ]. Al-KIT-6-NH 2 [ 28 ], Graphene oxide (GO) [ 29 ], Zeolitic imidazolate [ 30 ], graphene oxide with ethylenediamine [ 31 ], DCPD [ 32 ] and chitosan [ 33 , 34 , 35 ]. In this paper, the hybrid nanocomposite xMCl 2 -yNaPO 3 were prepared with different molar ratios and studied as potential heterogeneous catalysts for the Knoevenagel condensation via the reaction of different aldehydes with active methylene in ethanol at room temperature.…”