“…The literature survey reveals that numerous methods have been developed for the synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones by three-component cyclocondensation of aldehyde, urea, and ethylacetoacetate, which comprises the use of ionic liquids [18], microwave irradiation [19], ultrasound irradiation [20], BF 3 ·OEt 2 [21], NiCl 2 ·6H 2 O and FeCl 3 ·6H 2 O [22], CoCl 2 ·6H 2 O [23], BiCl 3 [24], InCl 3 [25], and InBr 3 [26]. Zn(OTf) 2 [27], Cu(OTf) 2 [28], Bi(OTf) 3 [29], p-TSA [30], silica sulphuric acid [31], potassium hydrogen sulphate [32], formic acid [33], chloroacetic acid [34], chlorosulfonic acid [35], P 2 O 5 /SiO 2 [36], TFA [37], CF 3 COONH 4 [38], p-TSA in biphasic media [39], ZnCl 2 [40], and I 2 [41]. …”