“…Nowadays this reaction is extensively used because it provides a robust, direct and economically viable access to various α-amino acids. [5] Over recent years, many catalysts for the Strecker reaction and synthesis of α-amino nitriles have been introduced and developed: sulfuric acidmodified PEG-6000, [6] tin exchanged zeolite, [7] γ-Al 2 O 3 -supported 12-tungstosilicic acid, [8] sulfamic acid-functionalized magnetic Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles, [9] SO 3 H-functionalized ionic liquid, [10] xanthan sulfuric acid, [11] guanidine hydrochloride, [12] Zr-MCM-41 nanoreactors, [13] nano-powder TiO 2 P25, [14] cellulose sulfuric acid, [15] chitosan, [16] SBA-15-supported sulfonic acid, [17] N-heterocyclic carbene amidate palladium(II) complex, [18] B-MCM-41, [19] montmorillonite KSF clay. [20] magnesium oxide, [21] indium(III) iodide, [22] Al-MCM-41, [23] MCM-41-anchored sulfonic acid, [24] Fe(Cp) 2 PF 6 , [25] K 2 PdCl 4 , [26] sulfated tungstate, [27] iron, [28] Zr(HSO 4 ) 4 , [29] 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine (cyanuric acid) [30] and PVP-SO 2 complex.…”