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Bio-inspired Catalysts (Paperback, 2009 ed.)
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Bio-inspired Catalysts (Paperback, 2009 ed.)
Series: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, 25
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In order to meet the ever-increasing demands for enantiopure
compounds, heteroge- ous, homogeneous and enzymatic catalysis
evolved independently in the past. Although all three approaches
have yielded industrially viable processes, the latter two are the
most widely used and can be regarded as complementary in many
respects. Despite the progress in structural, computational and
mechanistic studies, however, to date there is no universal recipe
for the optimization of catalytic processes. Thus, a
trial-and-error approach remains predominant in catalyst discovery
and optimization. With the aim of complementing the
well-established fields of homogeneous and enzymatic catalysis,
organocatalysis and artificial metalloenzymes have enjoyed a recent
revival. Artificial metalloenzymes, which are the focus of this
book, result from comb- ing an active but unselective
organometallic moiety with a macromolecular host. Kaiser and
Whitesides suggested the possibility of creating artificial
metallo- zymes as long ago as the late 1970s. However, there was a
widespread belief that proteins and organometallic catalysts were
incompatible with each other. This severely hampered research in
this area at the interface between homogeneous and enzymatic
catalysis. Since 2000, however, there has been a growing interest
in the field of artificial metalloenzymes for enantioselective
catalysis. The current state of the art and the potential for
future development are p- sented in five well-balanced chapters. G.
Roelfes, B. Feringa et al. summarize research relying on DNA as a
macromolecular host for enantioselective catalysis.
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