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 …

During the recent past years, tremendous efforts have been made to establish
enantioselective routes for the preparation of enantiomerically pure compounds due to their …

Iminosugars comprise the most attractive class of carbohydrate mimetics reported to date
and are ideally positioned to take advantage of our increasing understanding of …

Carbon–carbon bond formation is the key reaction for organic synthesis to construct the
carbon framework of organic molecules. The review gives a selection of biocatalytic C–C …

Lyases are enzymes that catalyze the bond construction and breaking by means other than
hydrolysis or redox reactions. Such enzymes are particular in the sense that they only …

Aldol reactions constitute a powerful methodology for carbon–carbon bond formation in
synthetic organic chemistry. Biocatalysis by means of aldolases offers a unique …

The utilization of one-carbon (C 1) assimilation pathways to produce chemicals and fuels
from low-cost C 1 compounds could greatly reduce the substrate-related production costs …

Aldolases are powerful C–C bond-forming enzymes in biocatalysis because of their
unparalleled stereoselectivity, the ease with which reactions that do not require cofactor …

Carbon‐carbon bond formation is among the most challenging transformations in the
organic synthetic chemistry. Enzymes capable to perform this reaction are of great interest …

Biocatalytic carbon‐carbon bond formation by means of aldolases offers an exceptionally
stereoselective and green tool for this strategic reaction in synthetic organic chemistry …