“…Accordingly, great deals of research have been actively dedicated to new routes for the synthesis of benzimidazoles [3]. So far, a number of methods and catalysts have been proposed for preparing the benzimidazoles, including H2O2/HCl and Cu(OTf)2 [4], Iodine [5], ZrCl4 [6], SnCl4 [7], TiCl4 [8], ZrOCl2.8H2O [9], Cu(OH)2 [10], Yb(OTf)3 [11], Na2S2O4 [12], phospho sulfonic acid [13], γ-Fe2O3@HAp-Fe 2+ NPs [14] and SnCl2.2H2O [15]. However, most of these methodologies suffer from particular disadvantages such as low yield, vigorous reaction conditions, high temperature requirement, long reaction time, high cost, highly acidic conditions, use of harmful solvents, the formation of by-products and toxic wastes, and tedious work-up.…”