“…Among the various methods, two methods are very popular; the three-component condensation reaction of dialkyl phosphite with a mixture of alde- hyde and amine 6 and hydrophosphorylation of imines. 7 Both methods need a Lewis acid catalysts, such as InCl 3 , 8 ZnCl 2 or Zn(OTf) 2 , 9 Zr(Oi-Pr) 4 , 10 NbCl 5 , 11 TsOH, 12 TsCl, 13 Mg(ClO 4 ) 2 , 14 Nano Ceria, 15 -CD-sulfonic acid, 16 methanesulfonic acid, 17 etc., in the solvent. 18 A series of microwave (MW)-assisted or thermal heating of three-component reactions were elaborated by our group 19 and continued by the other research groups.…”