Bioinspired framework catalysts: From enzyme immobilization to biomimetic catalysis

KY Wang, J Zhang, YC Hsu, H Lin, Z Han… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Enzymatic catalysis has fueled considerable interest from chemists due to its high efficiency
and selectivity. However, the structural complexity and vulnerability hamper the application …

Oxygen activation and radical transformations in heme proteins and metalloporphyrins

X Huang, JT Groves - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
As a result of the adaptation of life to an aerobic environment, nature has evolved a panoply
of metalloproteins for oxidative metabolism and protection against reactive oxygen species …

Characterization and heterologous reconstitution of Taxus biosynthetic enzymes leading to baccatin III

B Jiang, L Gao, H Wang, Y Sun, X Zhang, H Ke, S Liu… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Paclitaxel is a well known anticancer compound. Its biosynthesis involves the formation of a
highly functionalized diterpenoid core skeleton (baccatin III) and the subsequent assembly …

A general strategy for decoupled hydrogen production from water splitting by integrating oxidative biomass valorization

B You, X Liu, N Jiang, Y Sun - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conventional water electrolyzers produce H2 and O2 simultaneously, such that additional
gas separation steps are needed to prevent H2/O2 mixing. The sluggish anodic O2 …

Mechanisms of cytochrome P450-catalyzed oxidations

FP Guengerich - ACS catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Enzymes are complex biological catalysts and are critical to life. Most oxidations of
chemicals are catalyzed by cytochrome P450 (P450, CYP) enzymes, which generally utilize …

Evolution of C–H bond functionalization from methane to methodology

JF Hartwig - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016 - ACS Publications
This Perspective presents the fundamental principles, the elementary reactions, the initial
catalytic systems, and the contemporary catalysts that have converted C–H bond …

The essential role of bond energetics in C–H activation/functionalization

XS Xue, P Ji, B Zhou, JP Cheng - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The most fundamental concepts in chemistry are structure, energetics, reactivity and their
inter-relationships, which are indispensable for promoting chemistry into a rational science …

Reliably assessing the electronic structure of cytochrome P450 on today's classical computers and tomorrow's quantum computers

JJ Goings, A White, J Lee… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
An accurate assessment of how quantum computers can be used for chemical simulation,
especially their potential computational advantages, provides important context on how to …

Alkane oxidation: methane monooxygenases, related enzymes, and their biomimetics

VCC Wang, S Maji, PPY Chen, HK Lee, SSF Yu… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Methane monooxygenases (MMOs) mediate the facile conversion of methane into methanol
in methanotrophic bacteria with high efficiency under ambient conditions. Because the …

[PDF][PDF] Zirconium‐metalloporphyrin PCN‐222: mesoporous metal–organic frameworks with ultrahigh stability as biomimetic catalysts

D Feng, ZY Gu, JR Li, HL Jiang, Z Wei… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Methyl 4-formylbenzoate was purchased from Oakwood Products. Inc. Pyrrole, propionic
acid, N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N, N-diethylformamide (DEF), benzoic acid, acetone …