József Kupai, PhD

Associate professor

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ORCID, MTMT, Scholar

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

Sándor Nagy, PhD

Postdoctoral researcher

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ORCID, MTMT, Scholar

Research topics:

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

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

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

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

Zsuzsanna Fehér

PhD student

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

Gyula Dargó

PhD Student

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ORCID, LinkedIn 

Research topics:

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

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

Dóra Richter

MSc Student

Research topics:

• Organocatalyst assisted nonproteinogenic amino acid synthesis

Balázs Molnár

BSc Student

Research topics:

• Synthesis and application of cinchona-based organocatalysts

Johanna Kiss

BSc Student

Research topics:

• Depolymerization of plastic waste

Diana Daicu

BSc Student

Research topics:

• Solid-supported organic base catalyzed PET depolymerization

Hana Mallek

BSc Student

Research topics:

• Thiosquaramide-based organocatalysts

Dávid Kis

BSc Student

Research topics:

• Synthesis and application of organocatalysts

Réka Németh

BSc Student

Research topics:

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

Péter Kisszékelyi, PhD

ORCID, MTMT, Scholar

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Research topics:

• Synthesis, application and recovery of cyclodextrin-anchored cinchona organocatalysts

• Size-enlargement of organocatalysts using trifunctional core-units

• Michael addition reaction of N-heterocycles

• TEMPO catalyzed electrochemical oxidation of HMF

Funda Lidya Görür

Research topics:

• Synthesis and application of cinchona-based organocatalysts

Vu Hai Dang

Research topics:

• Size-enlargement of organocatalysts using trifunctional core-units

Bálint Zeller

Research topics:

• Synthesis, application and recovery of cyclodextrin-anchored cinchona organocatalysts

Petra Kozma

Research topics:

• Size-enlargement of organocatalysts using trifunctional core-units

• PBI-membrane-anchored cinchona organocatalyst synthesis and application in Michael addition 

Blanka Tóth

Research topics:​

• Michael addition reaction of N-heterocycles  

Magdalena Potępa

Research topics:​

• Synthesis and application of cinchona based organocatalysts  

Joanna Kacperek

Research topics:​

• Synthesis and application of cinchona based organocatalysts