OICC Press Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry 2193-8865 7 4 (December 2017) 2017 11 21 Recent developments on nano-ZnO catalyzed synthesis of bioactive heterocycles 10.1007/s40097-017-0247-0 EN Bubun Banerjee Department of Chemistry, Indus International University, Una, Himachal Pradesh, 174301, IN Journal Article 2017 11 21 Abstract Last decade has seen tremendous applications of nano-ZnO as a mild, cheap, efficient, commercially available, environmentally benign, non-toxic, reusable, heterogeneous catalyst for the various organic transformations. The present review summarizes the applications of nano-ZnO as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of diverse biologically relevant heterocycles reported so far. Graphical abstract