Melamine trisulfonic acid (MTSA) is utilized as a highly efficient catalyst for the solvent-free condensation reaction of 2-naphthol (2 eq.) with arylaldehydes (1 eq.) under conventional thermal as well as microwave conditions to give the d

1-Carboxymethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride {[cmmim]Cl} is utilized as a highly efficient and reusable catalyst for the synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes by the condensation reaction of indole with arylaldehydes under solvent-free conditions at room temperature. In summary, the presented method have several advantages including simplicity, low cost, generality, efficiency, clean reaction profi...