Biocatalysis has an enormous impact on chemical synthesis. The waves in which
biocatalysis has developed, and in doing so changed our perception of what organic …

Enzyme catalysis is gaining increasing importance in synthetic chemistry. Nowadays, the
growing number of biocatalysts accessible by means of bioinformatics and enzyme …

Naturally occurring enzymes can be a source of unnatural reactivity that can be molded by
directed evolution to generate efficient biocatalysts with valuable activities. Owing to the lack …

Despite the growing demand for the enantioenriched silicon-stereogenic silanols in
materials science, medicinal chemistry, and modern synthetic chemistry, the catalytic …

The emergence of visible light-mediated synthetic transformations has transpired as a
promising approach to redefine traditional organic synthesis in a sustainable way. In this …

Volatile methylsiloxanes (VMS) are man-made, nonbiodegradable chemicals produced at a
megaton-per-year scale, which leads to concern over their potential for environmental …

The first electrochemical hydrolysis of hydrosilanes to silanols under mild and neutral
reaction conditions is reported. The practical protocol employs commercially available and …

The selective oxygenation of nonactivated carbon atoms is an ongoing synthetic challenge,
and biocatalysts, particularly hemoprotein oxygenases, continue to be investigated for their …

The development of biomimetic catalytic systems that can imitate or even surpass natural
enzymes remains an ongoing challenge, especially for bioinspired syntheses that can …

The silylation of various O–nucleophiles (eg, alcohols, silanols, etc.) leads to desired and
commonly used compounds such as silyl ethers (alkoxysilanes) or siloxanes. The most …