“…Usually these conjugate additions are carried out in the presence of a strong base or acid [5]. To avoid this harsh conditions, a number of milder procedures have been developed over the past few years using a variety of reagents such as SnCl 4 /FeCl 3 [6], InCl 3 [7], CeCl 3 .7H 2 O-NaI [8], Yb(OTf) 3 [9], Cu(OTf) 2 [10], CAN [11], Bi(NO 3 ) 3 [12], Bi(OTf) 3 [13], LiClO 4 [14], KF/alumina [15], SmI 2 [16], Cu(acac) 2 /ionic liquid [17], ionic liquid/quaternary ammonium salt in water [18], boric acid in water [19],cyclodextrin [20], ZrOCl 2 .8H 2 O [21], borax [22], bromodimethylsulfonium bromide [23], [HP(HNCH 2 CH 2 ) 3 N]NO 3 [24], palladium [25] and nickel [26] etc. Although these methods are quite useful, many of these procedures require a large excess of reagents, long reaction time, drastic reaction conditions and toxic reagents as well as harmful solvents such as acetonitrile or 1,2-dichloroethane.…”