Biocatalysis has found numerous applications in various fields as an alternative to chemical
catalysis. The use of enzymes in organic synthesis, especially to make chiral compounds for …

Oxidation chemistry using enzymes is approaching maturity and practical applicability in
organic synthesis. Oxidoreductases (enzymes catalysing redox reactions) enable chemists …

This Review is aimed at synthetic organic chemists who may be familiar with organometallic
catalysis but have no experience with biocatalysis, and seeks to provide an answer to the …

Recent developments over the past few years in aqueous micellar catalysis are discussed.
Applications to problems in synthesis are highlighted, enabled by the use of surfactants that …

Directed evolution has advanced into a standard industrial “tool” to tailor naturally occurring
proteins for a variety of biotechnological applications, thus enabling product valorization and …

For the planning of an organic synthesis route, the disconnection approach guided by
retrosynthetic analysis of possible intermediates and the chemical reactions involved, back …

Enzymes have the potential to catalyse a wide variety of chemical reactions. They are
increasingly being sought as environmentally friendly and cost‐effective alternatives to …

Synthetic biology concerns the engineering of man‐made living biomachines from
standardized components that can perform predefined functions in a (self‐) controlled …

The goal of xenobiology is to design biological systems endowed with unusual biochemical
functions, whereas enzymology concerns the study of enzymes, the workhorses of …

Chiral aryliodine (III) reagents have provided an advanced concept for enantioselective
synthesis and catalysis. With the advent of chiral iodine (I/III) catalysis, many different …