Alcohol dehydrogenases are a well-known group of enzymes in the class of
oxidoreductases that use electron transfer cofactors such as NAD (P)+/NAD (P) H for …

The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Chiral β-nitroalcohols find significant application in organic synthesis due to the versatile
reactivity of hydroxyl and nitro functionalities attached to one or two vicinal asymmetric …

Arabidopsis thaliana hydroxynitrile lyase (AtHNL) engineering has uncovered variants that
showed up to 12-fold improved catalytic efficiency than the wild-type towards asymmetric …

Utilization of biocatalysts with high accessibility and availability, which have recently been
applied in the preparation of enantiomerically enriched starting materials and synthetic …

Biocatalytic asymmetrization of inexpensive and stable primary alcohols to prepare
enantioenriched β‐nitroalcohols is an important development in green chemistry for the …

A new Candida parapsilosis ACCC 20221 (C. parapsilosis ACCC 20221) whole-cell catalyst
with a high phenolic glycoside esters synthesis activity and large biomass was obtained …

An efficient organocatalytic oxidation of racemic secondary alcohols, mediated by sodium
hypochlorite (NaOCl) and 2‐azaadamantane N‐oxyl (AZADO), has been conveniently …

Enzymatic cascade synthesis of valuable chiral pharmaceutical intermediates has attracted
attention owing to efficient and environmentally friendly routes. Currently, the synthesis of a …

Allylic oxygen compounds (AOCs) are an important class of versatile building blocks in
natural and non‐natural product synthesis. Catalytic in‐situ deracemization is an attractive …