“…is well-known [9]. Various catalysts such as ruthenium trichloride [10], Mg 3 N 2 [11], KHSO 4 [12], K 7 [PW 11 CoO 40 ] [13], ionic liquids based catalysts [14][15][16][17], microwave-assisted bismuth nitrate [18], p-toluenesulphonic acid [18], FeF 3 [19], non-ionic surfactant Triton X-100 [20], Zn-VCO 3 hydrotalcite [21], montmorillonite K10 [22], Fe nanoparticle [23], mesoporous alumina sulphuric acid [24], trifluoroethanol [25] and visible light [26,27] have been reported for the synthesis of DHP derivatives. Though some of these catalysts have their advantages, disadvantages include use of environmentally harmful and expensive reagents, large excess of catalyst, low yields, recovery and heterogeneity of the catalyst.…”