When challenged by a difficult reduction reaction, a chemist should always also consider
biocatalysis in synthesis planning. The inherent selectivity of enzymes has been known for …

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

Living organisms rely on simultaneous reactions catalysed by mutually compatible and
selective enzymes to synthesize complex natural products and other metabolites. To …

The old yellow enzyme (OYE) family is a large group of flavin‐dependent redox biocatalysts
with major applications in the industrial reduction of activated alkenes. These enzymes have …

The search for affordable, green biocatalytic processes is a challenge for chemicals
manufacture. Redox biotransformations are potentially attractive, but they rely on unstable …

Green chemistry aims to minimize the environmental hazards of chemical processes and
their products. Ever since its introduction by Anastas,[1] this principle has inspired …

Redox reactions are essential to any currently known form of life and are at the core of a
majority of metabolic processes, such as cellular respiration or photosynthesis. As about …

Ene-reductases from the 'Old Yellow Enzyme'family of flavoproteins catalyze the asymmetric
reduction of various α, β-unsaturated compounds at the expense of a nicotinamide cofactor …

Enzymes, at the turn of the 21st century, are gaining a momentum. Especially in the field of
synthetic organic chemistry, a broad variety of biocatalysts are being applied in an …

Asymmetric hydrogenation of activated alkenes catalysed by ene-reductases from the old
yellow enzyme family (OYEs) leading to chiral products is of potential interest for industrial …