%A Gurka AndrĂĄs Attila %A SzĹri KornĂŠl %A SzĹri MilĂĄn %A BartĂłk MihĂĄly %A London GĂĄbor %T Application of hydroxyproline derivatives in enantioselective Îą-amination reactions in organic and aqueous environments: a structure-activity relationship study %P 415-421 %R MTMT:30452962 10.1007/s11224-016-0873-z %I szte %J STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY %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. %V 28 %D 2017 %N 2 %L publicatio27953