Prospects for the increased application of biocatalysts in organic transformations

doi:10.1016/0167-7799(93)90079-O

Trends in Biotechnology

Volume 11, Issue 11, November 1993, Pages 461-470

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Abstract

Predicting the future use of biocatalysts for the transformation of organic compounds — both natural substrates and other compounds — needs to take many factors into account. To date, relatively few biotransformations have been developed to the industrial scale, primarily because there has been little economic incentive to replace existing successful processes with biocatalysts, with their inherent problems of instability, lack of selectivity and narrow operational range. However, advances that improve biocatalyst performance, coupled with the increasing emphasis on ‘chirotechnology’, are driving the development of biocatalysis as a complementary, if not a rival technology to existing chemical approaches.

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ReviewProspects for the increased application of biocatalysts in organic transformations

Abstract

Biotransformations in Organic Chemistry

Selective Biocatalysis

Biocatalysts in Organic Synthesis

Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas

Chem. Eng. News

Tetrahedron

Chem. Eng. News

SRI International, TechMonitoring, TechLink, Biocatalysis

Pure Appl. Chem.

Topics Stereochem.

Acc. Chem. Res.

Eur. J. Biochem.

Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl.

Tetrahedron

Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas

Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans.

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans.

J. Org. Chem.

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans.

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans.

Pure Appl. Chem.

J. Org. Chem.

Biotechnol. Lett.

Biochemistry

Biochem. Z.

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Prospects for the increased application of biocatalysts in organic transformations