Biocatalytic strategies for the asymmetric synthesis of α-hydroxy ketones

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 288-299

  Hoyos, Pilar ^a   Sinisterra, Josep Vicent ^a,b   Molinari, Francesco ^c   Alcántara, Andrés R ^a,b   De María, Pablo Domínguez ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Biotransformaciones Industriales   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETONE;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROXYLATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

BIOCATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROXYLATION; KETONES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77249135830     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar900196n     Document Type: Article

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