“…These protocols use support to increase the catalytic activity, but our protocol provides good catalytic activity without using any support. It further uses sonication energy at Literature survey reveals that acylation reactions of phenols, alcohols and amines have been carried out using various catalysts such as modified Y zeolites [50], amorphous carbon-silica composites bearing sulfonic acid [51], poly(N-vinylimidazole) [52], sulfonic acid [53], titanocene bis(perfluorooctanesulfonate) [54], RuCl 3 in [bmim][PF 6 ] ionic liquid [55] 4-(N,Ndimethylamino)pyridine hydrochloride [56], NaCo(CO) 4 [57], Ac 2 O-Py/Al 2 O 3 [58], FeCl 2 [59], cobalt(II) salen complex [60], ZnAl 2 O 4 @SiO 2 nanocomposite [61], BiFeO 3 [62], anhydrous NiCl 2 [63], thallium(III) chloride [64], ErCl 3 [65], Gd(OTf) 2 [66], Cu(OTf) 2 [67] and nano CdO [68]. Most of these protocols have several disadvantages like use of additives and surfactants, requirement of co-catalysts, longer reaction times, high catalyst loading and use of homogenous catalysts.…”