Oxidation chemistry using enzymes is approaching maturity and practical applicability in
organic synthesis. Oxidoreductases (enzymes catalysing redox reactions) enable chemists …

This Review is aimed at synthetic organic chemists who may be familiar with organometallic
catalysis but have no experience with biocatalysis, and seeks to provide an answer to the …

In nature, enzymes conventionally operate under aqueous conditions. Because of this,
aqueous buffers are often the choice for reaction media when enzymes are applied in …

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

Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) have become important catalysts for stereoselective
oxidation and reduction reactions of alcohols, aldehydes and ketones. The aim of this …

Covering: 2015 up to July 2021 The market for cosmetics is consumer driven and the desire
for green, sustainable and natural ingredients is increasing. The use of isolated enzymes …

γ-Butyrolactone, a five-membered lactone moiety, is one of the privileged structures of
diverse natural products and biologically active small molecules. Because of their broad …

Alcohol dehydrogenases have fascinated chemists over the span of a few decades to
catalyze oxidation and reduction reactions and have been increasingly incorporated as …

Highlights•Discovery of new Cu 2+ radical oxidases with high activity and broad substrate
range.•Development of computational tool for engineering cofactor preference of alcohol …

Enzyme gewinnen immer mehr Bedeutung als Katalysatoren für organische
Oxidationsreaktionen. Mit Oxidoreduktasen stehen dem Chemiker vielseitige Werkzeuge für …