%0 Journal Article %@ 1040-0400 %A Gurka András Attila %A Szőri Kornél %A Szőri Milán %A Bartók Mihály %A London Gábor %A Szerves Kémiai Tanszék SZTE / TTIK / KI SZT [2016-], %A Szerves Kémiai Intézet TTK SZKI [2012-], %A Kémiai Intézet ME / AVK KI [2004-], %A Sztereokémiai Kcs-TTIK SZTE / MTASZTESZK SZKTTIK [2000-2022], %D 2017 %F publicatio:27953 %J STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY %N 2 %P 415-421 %T Application of hydroxyproline derivatives in enantioselective α-amination reactions in organic and aqueous environments: a structure-activity relationship study %U http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/27953/ %V 28 %X We examined the activity of a series of L-hydroxyproline derivatives in enantioselective alpha-amination reaction between diethyl azodicarboxylate and propanal both in organic and aqueous media. In organic media most of the catalysts showed high activity and enantioselectivities comparable to that accessible with L-proline that is among the best catalysts in the reaction. The catalysts showed good activity under aqueous conditions as well; however, only low enantioselectivities were obtained in this case, primarily due to the racemisation of the product under the reaction conditions. Thus, the attempted achiral acid/base additive-driven stereocontrol was not feasible on a practical level.