During the last decades a large number of flavin-dependent monooxygenases have been
isolated and studied. This has revealed that flavoprotein monooxygenases are able to …

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

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

In the field of asymmetric synthesis, nonracemic sulfoxides are recognized as valuable and
efficient reagents. Their extensive use as chiral auxiliaries and intermediates is …

During the recent past years, tremendous efforts have been made to establish
enantioselective routes for the preparation of enantiomerically pure compounds due to their …

Oxygenases-catalyzed reductive activation of molecular oxygen and incorporation of O
atoms into an organic molecule is undoubtedly one of the most attractive research areas …

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

Enzymes, at the turn of the 21st century, are gaining a momentum. Especially in the field of
synthetic organic chemistry, a broad variety of biocatalysts are being applied in an …

Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases catalyze the oxidation of carbonylic substrates to ester or
lactone products using NADPH as electron donor and molecular oxygen as oxidative …

Over the past few years, industrial interest in biocatalysts that perform selective oxidative
reactions has increased significantly.[1] Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs) have …