An efficient one pot multi component synthesis of 1, 4-Polyhydroquinoline derivatives through unsymmetrical Hantzsch reaction using lanthanum chloride heptahydrate (LaCl3.7H2O) from an aromatic aldehyde, ethyl acetoacetate, dimedone and ammonium acetate as a nitrogen precursor in ethanol at room temperature is described. In the present work we report lanthanum chloride heptahydrate remarkably n...