“…Therefore, the synthesis of this class of heterocyclic compounds is practically important. Various catalysts such as Bro ¨nsted acids [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23], Lewis acids [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33], molecular iodine [34], nano-AgI [35], heteropolyacid [36,37], ionic liquids [38][39][40][41], nano-ZnO [42] and resin [43] have been developed for the synthesis of dibenzoxanthenes. However, several of these methodologies involve long reaction times, harsh conditions, use of toxic organic solvents, excess amount of catalyst, non-reusable catalysts, and tedious work-up confine the usefulness of some reported methodologies.…”