Biocatalysis, using enzymes for organic synthesis, has emerged as powerful tool for the
synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The first industrial biocatalytic …

The review compiles artificial cascades involving enzymes with a focus on the last 10 years.
A cascade is defined as the combination of at least two reaction steps in a single reaction …

Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs), which belong to the oxidoreductase superfamily, catalyze
the interconversion between alcohols and aldehydes or ketones with high stereoselectivity …

Green chemistry aims to minimize the environmental hazards of chemical processes and
their products. Ever since its introduction by Anastas,[1] this principle has inspired …

Chiral secondary alcohols play an important role in pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and
chemical industries. In recent years, impressive steps forward have been achieved towards …

Nowadays, the specificity of enzymatic processes makes them more and more important
every year, and their usage on an industrial scale seems to be necessary. Enzymatic …

Chiral α‐functionalized carboxylic acids are valuable precursors for a variety of medicines
and natural products. Herein, we described an engineered fatty acid photodecarboxylase …

5-Hydroxymethyl-2-furfurylamine (HMFA), as an important 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF)
derivative, has many potential applications in the preparation of diuretics, antihypertensive …

Various biocatalytic methods have been developed for the synthesis of chiral chemicals,
which have made their synthesis more environmentally friendly and product-specific. New …

Bis (hydroxymethyl) furan (BHMF) is one kind of important upgraded derivatives of biobased
5-hydroxymethylfuran (5-HMF). This study verified the feasibility of one-pot chemoenzymatic …