“…In recent years, microwave- and ultrasound-assisted reactions have proved to be a new trend in synthetic organic chemistry [ 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ], offering a facile and useful alternative in a large variety of syntheses [ 2 , 22 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ]. In comparison with conventional thermal heating (TH), both microwave and ultrasound irradiation have several important advantages: improved yields, high purity of the compounds, increased selectivity, decreases of reaction time, lower costs and simplicity in handling and processing.…”