Main research areas:

• Preparation of cinchona-squaramide type organocatalysts, and their recovery with organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN). 

• Synthesis and application of binaphthyl cinchona-(thio)squaramides and their application in Michael reactions, conjugate additions and aza-Diels-Alder reaction

• Immobilization of cinchona-squaramides to poly(glycidyl methacylate) and its recovery

• Application of crown ether modified cinchona-squaramides as enantioselective phase transfer catalysts

• New type of hydrogen bond donor organocatalysts: deltamides, thiodeltamides

• Application of cinchona derivatives in enantioselective multicomponent reactions

• Investigation of the role of quinuclidine substituent on cinchona orgnaocatalysts in asmmetric reactions

• Application of electrochemical oxidations

Research topics:

• Optimization of aza-Markovnikov additions catalyzed by different cinchona derivatives

• Immobilization of cinchona squaramide to polyglycidyl methacrylate support and its application in asymmetric synthesis

Research topics:

• Synthesis of new axially chiral organocatalysts containing bis-1,1'-binaphthyl unit

• Synthesis of organocatalysts containing (thio)squaramide as hydrogen-donor moieties

• Cinchona organocatalysts modified with a lipophilic moiety

Research topic:

• Organocatalyst assisted nonproteinogenic amino acid synthesis

Research topic:

• Depolymerization of plastic waste

Research topic:

• Synthesis and application of organocatalysts

Research topic:

• Synthesis of organocatalysts containing hydrogen-donor moieties, and their application combined with metal complexes 

Research topic:

• Application of lipophilic cinchona-based organocatalysts in asymmetric reactions

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