Reductions play a key role in organic synthesis, producing chiral products with new
functionalities. Enzymes can catalyse such reactions with exquisite stereo‐, regio‐and …

Biomass can be classified broadly as all the matter on the earth's surface of recent biological
origin. 1 Biomass includes plant materials such as trees, grasses, agricultural crops, algal …

Currently one of the biggest challenges for society is to combat global warming. A solution to
this global threat is the implementation of a CO2-based bioeconomy and a H2-based …

The reduction of esters and carboxylic acids to alcohols is a highly relevant conversion for
the pharmaceutical and fine-chemical industries and for biomass conversion. It is commonly …

A recently discovered photodecarboxylase from Chlorella variabilis NC64A (Cv FAP) bears
the promise for the efficient and selective synthesis of hydrocarbons from carboxylic acids …

Synthesis gas (syngas) is a gas mixture consisting mainly of H 2, CO, and CO 2 and can be
derived from different sources, including renewable materials like lignocellulose. The …

Green chemistry aims to minimize the environmental hazards of chemical processes and
their products. Ever since its introduction by Anastas,[1] this principle has inspired …

En route to a bio-based chemical industry, the conversion of fatty acids into building blocks
is of particular interest. Enzymatic routes, occurring under mild conditions and excelling by …

Carboxylic acid reductase enzymes (CARs) meet the demand in synthetic chemistry for a
green and regiospecific route to aldehydes from their respective carboxylic acids. However …

Cofactor-dependent enzymes catalyze a broad range of synthetically useful transformations.
However, the cofactor requirement also poses economic and practical challenges for the …