Biotransformations in Organic Chemistry A Textbook /

• Main Author: Faber, Kurt (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Edition: 6.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Biotechnology.; Organic chemistry.; Biochemistry.; Organic Chemistry.; Biochemistry, general.

The use of biocatalysts, employed either as isolated enzymes or whole microbial cells, offers a remarkable arsenal of highly selective transformations for state-of-the-art synthetic organic chemistry. Over the last two decades, this methodology has become an indispensable tool for asymmetric synthes...