Flavoprotein monooxygenases (FPMOs) are single-or two-component enzymes that
catalyze a diverse set of chemo-, regio-and enantioselective oxyfunctionalization reactions …

In 1899, Adolf Baeyer and Victor Villiger reported the oxidation of menthone to the
corresponding lactone (Figure 1) using a mixture of sodium persulfate and concentrated …

The phenazines include upward of 50 pigmented, heterocyclic nitrogen-containing
secondary metabolites synthesized by some strains of fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. and a …

Biocatalysis is an enabling technology adding to organic oxidation chemistry. Especially the
high selectivity of enzymatic oxidation coevally operating under mild conditions and not …

Pollution, accidents, and misinformation have earned the pharmaceutical and chemical
industry a poor public reputation, despite their undisputable importance to society …

In the field of asymmetric synthesis, nonracemic sulfoxides are recognized as valuable and
efficient reagents. Their extensive use as chiral auxiliaries and intermediates is …

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

Chirality is a key factor in the safety and efficacy of many drug products and thus the
production of single enantiomers of drug intermediates and drugs has become important …

Optically active sulfoxides are important compounds for medicinal and pharmaceutical
chemistry. Driven by the increasing demand for efficient, selective and environmentally …

Biocatalysis fulfils many key criteria of green chemistry, but this raises the question: how
efficient are such production methods and how important is biotechnology for greener …