The interest in chiral tricoordinated sulfur compounds in general, and sulfoxides in
particular, has shifted from purely academic, directed toward the study of their …

What is life without oxygen is a rhetorical question. On the other hand, unraveling the
intricacies and understanding the various mechanisms underpinning the biological …

This comprehensive three-volume set is the standard reference in the field of organic
synthesis, catalysis and biocatalysis. Edited by a highly experienced and highly …

Flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO) oxygenates drugs and xenobiotics containing a
“soft-nucleophile”, usually nitrogen or sulfur. FMO, like cytochrome P450 (CYP), is a …

Pollution, accidents, and misinformation have earned the pharmaceutical and chemical
industry a poor public reputation, despite their undisputable importance to society …

Optically active sulfoxides are important compounds for medicinal and pharmaceutical
chemistry. Driven by the increasing demand for efficient, selective and environmentally …

The development of biocatalytic desulfurization of petroleum fractions may allow its use in
place of conventional hydrodesulfurization (HDS). Dibenzothiophene (DBT) is …

Cyclohexanone monooxygenase (CHMO), a bacterial flavoenzyme, carries out an oxygen
insertion reaction on cyclohexanone to form a seven-membered cyclic product, ε …

Abstract Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs) represent a specific class of
monooxygenases that are capable of catalyzing a variety of oxidation reactions, including …

By combining the enormous molecular diversity of the immune system with basic
mechanistic principles of chemistry, one can produce catalytic antibodies that allow control …