“…The previously reported methods include catalysts, such as heteropolyacids, cocamidopropyl betaine, triethyl ammonium bromide, piperazine, piperidine, polyphosphoric acid supported on Ni 0.5 Zn 0.5 Fe 2 O 4 nanoparticles, disulphonic acid imidazolium chloroaluminate, sodium benzoate, and per-6-amino-β-cyclodextrin (Chavan, Babar, Hoval, & Bandgar, 2011;Kanagaraj & Pitchumani, 2010;Kiyani, Samimi, Ghorbani, & Esmaieli, 2013;Kumar et al, 2013;Moeinpour & Khojastehnezhad, 2014;Moosavi-Zare et al, 2013;Peng, Song, & Dou, 2006;Tamaddon & Alizadeh, 2014;Vasuki & Kumaravel, 2008). Most of these synthetic protocols reported suffer from high catalyst loading, prolonged reaction time, harsh reaction conditions, poor recyclability, and low yields.…”