Chiral Synthesis of Pharmaceutical Intermediates Using Oxynitrilases

Biocatalysis for the Pharmaceutical Industry: Discovery, Development, and Manufacturing

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 89-109

  Lu, Wen Ya ^a   Lin, Guo Qiang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Chiral synthesis of pharmaceutical intermediates using oxynitrilases; Cross linked enzyme aggregate (CLEA) and effective hydrocyanation catalyst; Cyanogensis ability of organisms to liberate HCN; Cyanohydrin transformation; Cyanohydrins synthetic potential as chiral building blocks; HNL activity and gas chromatography (GC) or HPLC analysis determination; HNLs phylogeny of higher plants; HNLs reaction; Hydroxyl group transformation; Hydroxynitrile lyases (HNLs) enzymes catalyzing enantioselective cleavage and cyanohydrin synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955568869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470823163.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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