Photobiocatalytic strategies for organic synthesis

MA Emmanuel, SG Bender, C Bilodeau… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biocatalysis has revolutionized chemical synthesis, providing sustainable methods for
preparing various organic molecules. In enzyme-mediated organic synthesis, most reactions …

Chiral photocatalyst structures in asymmetric photochemical synthesis

MJ Genzink, JB Kidd, WB Swords, TP Yoon - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Asymmetric catalysis is a major theme of research in contemporary synthetic organic
chemistry. The discovery of general strategies for highly enantioselective photochemical …

Nanozymes inspired by natural enzymes

R Zhang, X Yan, K Fan - Accounts of Materials Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Nanozymes, nanomaterials with enzyme-like activities with high structural
stability, adjustable catalytic activity, functional diversity, recyclability, and feasibility in large …

Artificial photosynthesis systems for solar energy conversion and storage: platforms and their realities

Z Wang, Y Hu, S Zhang, Y Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In natural photosynthesis, photosynthetic organisms such as green plants realize efficient
solar energy conversion and storage by integrating photosynthetic components on the …

Opportunities and challenges for combining chemo-and biocatalysis

F Rudroff, MD Mihovilovic, H Gröger, R Snajdrova… - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
The past decade has seen a substantial increase in successful examples of the combination
of chemo-and biocatalysis for multistep syntheses. This is driven by obvious advantages …

Photo-biocatalysis: biotransformations in the presence of light

L Schmermund, V Jurkas, FF Özgen, GD Barone… - Acs …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Light has received increased attention for various chemical reactions but also in
combination with biocatalytic reactions. Because currently only a few enzymatic reactions …

Semi-biological approaches to solar-to-chemical conversion

X Fang, S Kalathil, E Reisner - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This review presents a comprehensive summary of the recent development in semi-artificial
photosynthesis, a biological-material hybrid approach to solar-to-chemical conversion that …

Photobiocatalysis: activating redox enzymes by direct or indirect transfer of photoinduced electrons

SH Lee, DS Choi, SK Kuk… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Biocatalytic transformation has received increasing attention in the green synthesis of
chemicals because of the diversity of enzymes, their high catalytic activities and specificities …

Discovery, characterization, engineering, and applications of ene-reductases for industrial biocatalysis

HS Toogood, NS Scrutton - ACS catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Recent studies of multiple enzyme families collectively called ene-reductases (ERs) have
highlighted potential industrial applications of these biocatalysts in the production of fine and …

Biocatalytic reduction reactions from a chemist's perspective

F Hollmann, DJ Opperman… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reductions play a key role in organic synthesis, producing chiral products with new
functionalities. Enzymes can catalyse such reactions with exquisite stereo‐, regio‐and …