“…Also, formamides are valuable intermediates for the synthesis of pharmaceutically active compounds such as substituted aryl imidazoles, 1 1,2-dihydroquinolines, 2 oxazolidinones 3 etc. 4,5 The formylation of amines is usually achieved by reacting amines with formic acid catalyzed by ZnO, 6 [TMG] + , 7 ZnCl 2 , 8 sulfated titania, 9 Amberlite IR-120, 10 indium metal, 11 iodine, 12 and sulfonic acid supported hydroxyapatite encapsulated g-Fe 2 O 3 . 13 Derivatives of formic acid like formate esters in the presence metal triates, 14 Bi(III) salts, 15 heteropoly acids, 16 Al(HSO 4 ) 3 , 17 silphos[PCl 3 -(SiO 2 ) n ], 18 or orthoformates 19,20 have also been used for the conversion of amines into formamides.…”