“…17−21 Additionally, they are important and useful in a wide range of natural marine alkaloids, Eg5 inhibitors, drugs, and also drug candidates including (R)-SQ 32926, (S)-monastrol, SNAP-7941, L-771688, (R)-SQ 32547, (S)-L-771688, SNAP-7941, (R)-Mon 97, (R)-Fluorastrol, (S)-Enastron, and (S)-Dimethylenastron (Scheme 1). 22−25 This reaction has been reviewed since 1983; accordingly, various catalysts have been reported in the literature, including Fe 3 O 4 @mesoporous SBA-15, 26 iron(III)tosylate, 27 metal− organic framework, 28 Cu(II)-MOF, 29 β-cyclodextrin, 30 poly-(SIL), 31 bovine serum albumin, 32 Fe−Al/clay, 33 ZrOCl 2 /mont K10, 34 Choline chloride-chloroacetic acid, 35 nano-ZrO 2 , 36 MNPs-BSAT, 37 ammonium thiocyanate, 38 citric acid, 39 Fe 3 O 4 @C@OSO 3 H, 40 bromine, 41 Fe 3 O 4 /SMPA, 42 MgO− ZrO 2 , 43 hydrotalcite, 44 PTAJeffamine, 45 SiO 2 −NaHSO 4 , 46 Ni-DDIA, 47 SnCl 2 /nano SiO 2 , 48 and nano-ZnO. 49 However, most of these procedures have some drawbacks such as high temperature, unacceptable reaction time, low or moderate yields, use of toxic or hazardous solvents, and tedious workup method.…”