decatungstodivanadogermanic acid (h6gew10v2o40.22h2o) was used as a green heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-(1h)-ones from one-pot three-component cyclocondensation reaction of a β-ketoester, an aldehyde and urea/thiourea under solvent-free conditions is reported. this method provides an efficient and much improved modification of the original biginelli reaction...
