Keywords:
Biotransformation (Metabolism).
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Enzymes -- Biotechnology.
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Organic compounds -- Synthesis.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This volume is designed for chemists working in an organic chemistry laboratory and for all scientists with an interest in biotransformations. It summarizes the important aspects of work in the burgeoning field of biotransformations, th...[missing text].
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (281 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780080984476
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1131480
DDC:
547.2
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Biotransformations in Preparative Organic Chemistry: The Use of Isolated Enzymes and Whole Cell Systems in Synthesis -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- References -- Chapter 1. Biotransformations-Introduction and Background Information -- 1.1 The Past: A Selection of the Important, Well-established Uses of Whole-cell and Enzyme catalysed Biotransformations -- 1.2 The Present -- 1.3 The Future: Prospects for Biotransformations -- References -- Chapter 2. Hydrolysis and Condensation Reactions -- 2.1 Cleavage and Formation of Carboxylic Acid Ester Bonds -- 2.2 Cleavage and Formation of the Amide Bond -- 2.3 Cleavage and Formation of Phosphate Esters -- 2.4 Hydrolysis of Epoxides -- 2.5 Hydrolysis of Nitriles -- References -- Chapter 3. Enzyme Catalysed Reduction Reactions -- 3.1 Reduction of Aldehydes and Ketones -- 3.2 Reduction of Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds -- References -- Chapter 4. Oxidation Reactions -- 4.1 The Oxidation of Alcohols and Aldehydes -- 4.2 Baeyer-Villiger Type Oxidation of a Carbonyl Compound -- 4.3 Hydroxylation -- 4.4 Oxidation at Sulphur -- 4.5 Epoxidation -- References -- Chapter 5. Other Biotransformations -- 5.1 Reactions Involving the Formation of a Carbon-Carbon Bond -- 5.2 Carbohydrate, Nucleoside and Nucleotide Chemistry -- 5.3 Preparation and Reactions of Amino Acids -- 5.4 Formation of Halohydrins and Dihalides -- 5.5 O- and N-Dealkylation -- References -- Index of Species, Compounds and Methods.
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