The classical Knoevenagel condensation (Scheme 1) has been carried out by reacting a methylene active compound with an aldehyde or a ketone in the presence of a base. 1 and 3 Recently, alternative procedures employed heterogeneous catalysts, such as zeolites, 4 clays, 5 layered double hydroxides (LDHs), 6 and hydrotalcites. 7 Various protocols carried out in ionic liquids 8 have also been developed. On the contrary, relatively few examples of condensation mediated by Lewis ...