This critical review presents an introduction to biocatalysis for synthetic chemists. Advances
in biocatalysis of the past 5 years illustrate the breadth of applications for these powerful and …

Glycerol carbonate results from the cyclo-condensation of glycerol, arguably the best studied
and most promising biomass-derived compound. Glycerol is highly abundant and relatively …

Two different water-immiscible ionic liquids (ILs), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidizolium bis
(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide and butyltrimethylammonium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) …

Biocatalysis in organic solvents (OSs) enables more efficient routes to the synthesis of
various valuable chemicals. However, OSs often reduce enzymatic activity, which limits the …

Crosslinked macroporous hydrophilic poly (glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol
dimethacrylate) s [abbreviated poly (GMA-co-EGDMA)] with identical chemical structure …

Experiments were carried out to investigate the effect of pretreatment by organic solvents
with different hydrophobicities, functional groups and molecular constitutions as activation …

The question of how to distinguish between lipases and esterases is about as old as the
definition of the subclassification is. Many different criteria have been proposed to this end …

Interfacing proteins with nanostructured materials offers the possibility to obtain novel
bioconjugates for many applications. We report herein the ability of nanostructured poly-DL …

The ability of enzymes to operate in organic solvent is now widely accepted and is the basis
for extensive research in enzymology. The challenge is to select the solvent media that …

For enzymatic biodiesel production from plant oil hydrolysates, an Aspergillus oryzae whole-
cell biocatalyst that expresses Candida antarctica lipase B (r-CALB) with high esterification …