Bolstered by recent advances in bioinformatics, genetics, and enzyme engineering, the field
of chemoenzymatic synthesis has enjoyed a rapid increase in popularity and utility. This …

Different methods of preparing lipases for use in organic media are critically reviewed. Solid
lipase preparations can be made by typical immobilisation methods such as adsorption …

Organic chemists have always been fascinated by the cyclopropane subunit. 1 The smallest
cycloalkane is found as a basic structural element in a wide range of naturally occurring …

Aliphatic polyesters prepared by ring-opening polymerization of lactones are now used
worldwide as bioresorbabale devices in surgery (orthopaedic devices, sutures, stents, tissue …

▪ Abstract Bacteria produce and secrete lipases, which can catalyze both the hydrolysis and
the synthesis of long-chain acylglycerols. These reactions usually proceed with high …

Lipases are a group of enzymes naturally endowed with the property of performing reactions
in aqueous as well as organic solvents. The esterification reactions using lipase (s) could be …

From reviews to the first edtion:" Bornscheuer and Kazlauskas have set out, and succeeded,
in producing a definitive manual on hydrolytic enzymes (especially lipases, esterases, and …

There has been an exponential increase in interest in the area of in vitro enzyme-catalyzed
organic reactions, since many families of enzymes can be utilized for transformation of not …

The cyclopentenone unit is a very powerful synthon for the synthesis of a variety of bioactive
target molecules. This is due to the broad diversity of chemical modifications available for …

The enantioselective production of compounds is a central theme in current research. The
broad utility of synthetic chiral molecules as single-enantiomer pharmaceuticals, in …