“…Among them, the one-pot condensation reaction of isatin and activated methylene reagent could readily afford various spirooxindole pyramidine structures and has attracted wide attention, and this type of reaction has been achieved by a number of different catalysts and conditions, such as InCl 3 [43], electrochemical methods [44], triethylbenzylammonium chloride (TEBA) [45], Et 3 N [46], tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) [47], NH 4 Cl [48], lipase [4], p-TSA [49], ZnS nanoparticles [50], NaCl under sonication [51], butylmethylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([BMIm]BF 4 ) [52], amino-functionalized SBA-15 [53], CaCl 2 under ultrasonic irradiation [54], piperidine under ultrasonic irradiation [55], nanocrystalline MgO [56], gluconic acid [57], MnFe 2 O 4 nanoparticles [58], 1,8-diazabicyclo [5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) [59], ethylenediammonium diformate (EDDF) [60], and sulfated choline based heteropolyanion [61] which some of them suffer from technical intricacy and generation of mixtures of pyrans and unsaturated nitriles.…”