“…Because of their above mentioned importance numerous reagents have been reported for the acceleration of the synthesis of dihydropyridine and polyhydroquinoline derivatives which of them palladium (0) nanoparticles, [16] K 7 [PW 11 CoO 40 ], [17] p-TSA, [18] Cs 2.5 H 0.5 PW 12 O 40 , [19] ionic liquids, [20,21] ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN), [22] Hf(NPf 2 ) 4 , [23] polymer, [24] HYzeolite, [25] BINOL-phosphoric acid derivatives, [26] HClO 4 ⋅ SiO 2 , [27] alumina sulfuric acid (ASA), [28] Yb(OTf) 3 , [29] Sc(OTf) 3 , [30] Bi-(NO 3 ) 3 ⋅ 5H 2 O, [31] nickel nanoparticle, [32] MgO nanoparticles, [33] Zn-VCO 3 hydrotalcite [34] and La 2 O 3 [35] are examples. Although these procedures caused a great extent of improvement, but most of them suffer from drawbacks such as need to use of stoichiometric amounts of reagents or metal precursors, unsatisfactory product yields, use of volatile organic solvents, harsh reaction conditions, non-recoverability of the catalyst, tiresome work-up and moisture sensitivity.…”