Ga-TUD-1: A new heterogeneous mesoporous catalyst for the solventless expeditious synthesis of α-aminonitriles

▶ Ga-TUD-1, a new mesoporous catalyst developed by non hydrothermal sol-gel method. ▶ Characterized by TEM, atom mapping, XRD, NH3 TPD, 29Si NMR, BET SSA method. ▶ Found to be highly acidic having large number of Bronsted and Lewis acid sites. ▶ The catalyst applied in multicomponent organic synthesis of α-aminonitriles. ▶ Reused several times with reproducible activity.