Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81573340,21402103,21772107);the Special Projects for Independent Innovation and Achievement Transformation of Shandong Province(No.2015ZDXX0302A02);the Research Fund of Qingdao Agricultural University Highlevel Person(No.631303)~~
The synthesis and characterization of Zr-MCM-41 nanoreactors and their catalytic activity in the synthesis of new amino nitrile derivatives by the Strecker reaction in high yields and in short reaction times is reported.