“…We demonstrated that the ammonium salt could be replaced with ammonia [15]. A number of improved methods have been reported in the literature for this condensation which involve the use of microwave, ionic liquids, reflux high temperature, AlCl 3 ⋅6H 2 O [16], ultrasound irradiation [17], tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate [18], cyanuric chloride [19], molecular iodine [20], silica gelsupported sodium bisulfate [21], TMSCl-NaI [22], scandium(III) triflate [23], CAN [24], iron(III) trifluoroacetate and trifluoromethanesulfonate [25], organocatalysed [26], silica gel/sulfonic acid [27], PTSSA [28], montmorillonite K10 clay [29], and phenylboronic acid [30]. Additionally, dihydropyridines are often produced in a synthetic sequence and have to be oxidized to pyridines [31].…”