“…β-amino carbonyl derivatives are found in a number of biologically active natural products [5]. The reported Mannich reactions have been catalyzed by various Lewis or Brønsted acid catalysts such as silica-supported AlCl 3 [6], CeCl 3 .7H 2 0 [7], NbCl 5 [8], BiCl 3 [9], CAN [10], HClO 4 -SiO 2 [11], Bi(OTf) 3 [12], Zn(OTf) 2 [13], ionic liquid [14][15][16][17], sulphamic acid [18][19][20], Fe(Cp) 2 PF 6 [21], Cu-nanoparticles [22], [RE(PFO) 3 ] [23], silica based tin(II) catalyst [24], PEG-SO 3 H [25] ZSM-5-SO 3 H [26], carbon based solid acid [27], polyaniline/SiO 2 [28], lipase [29], saccharose [30], heteroplyacid salts [31]. However, most of the reported methods for the Mannich reaction suffer from drawbacks such as long reaction times and harsh reaction conditions, toxicity, and difficulty in product separation, which limit its use in the synthesis of complex molecules.…”