Efficient Stereoselective Synthesis of Structurally Diverse γ‐ and δ‐Lactones Using an Engineered Carbonyl Reductase

Switching Cofactor Dependence of 7β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase for Cost-Effective Production of Ursodeoxycholic Acid

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One-Pot Quinine-Catalyzed Synthesis of α-Chiral γ-Keto Esters: Enantioenriched Precursors of cis -α,γ-Substituted-γ-Butyrolactones

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Ru-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of δ-keto Weinreb amides: enantioselective synthesis of (+)-Centrolobine

(2016) Mengmeng Zhao et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Identification of key residues in Debaryomyces hansenii carbonyl reductase for highly productive preparation of (S)-aryl halohydrins

(2015) Guo-Chao Xu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Chiral Surfactant-Type Catalyst: Enantioselective Reduction of Long-Chain Aliphatic Ketoesters in Water

(2015) Zechao Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Non-Conventional Yeasts Whole Cells as Efficient Biocatalysts for the Production of Flavors and Fragrances

(2015) Luca Forti et al.   MOLECULES

Enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase (FabI) catalyzed asymmetric reduction of the CC double bond of α,β-unsaturated ketones: preparation of (R)-2-alkyl-cyclopentanones

(2014) Ji Liu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Preparation of Enantioenriched γ-Substituted Lactones via Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of β-Azidocyclopropane Carboxylates Using the Ru-TsDPEN Complex

(2014) Yan Su et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Recent progress in the chemistry and chemical biology of microbial signaling molecules: quorum-sensing pheromones and microbial hormones

(2014) Arata Yajima   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Increased production of γ-lactones from hydroxy fatty acids by whole Waltomyces lipofer cells induced with oleic acid

(2013) Jung-Ung An et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Enantioselective Preparation of δ-Valerolactones with Horse Liver Alcohol Dehydrogenase

(2013) Alba Díaz-Rodríguez et al.   ChemCatChem

γ-Substituted Butanolides from Cyclopropane Hemimalonates: An Expedient Synthesis of Natural (R)-Dodecan-4-olide

(2013) Huck K. Grover et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Cascade Biotransformations via Enantioselective Reduction, Oxidation, and Hydrolysis: Preparation of (R)-δ-Lactones from 2-Alkylidenecyclopentanones

(2013) Ji Liu et al.   ACS Catalysis

Access to Lactone Building Blocks via Horse Liver Alcohol Dehydrogenase-Catalyzed Oxidative Lactonization

(2013) Selin Kara et al.   ACS Catalysis

Stereodivergent Preparation of Valuable γ- or δ-Hydroxy Esters and Lactones through One-Pot Cascade or Tandem Chemoenzymatic Protocols

(2013) Alba Díaz-Rodríguez et al.   ACS Catalysis

Stereospecific Reduction of Methyl o-Chlorobenzoylformate at 300 g⋅L−1 without Additional Cofactor using a Carbonyl Reductase Mined from Candida glabrata

(2012) Hongmin Ma et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

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(2012) Peter Gölitz   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Route to Ketones and Lactones from Exocyclic Allylic Alcohols via Metal and Enzyme Catalysis

(2012) Madeleine C. Warner et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Efficient Synthesis of a Chiral Precursor for Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors in High Space-Time Yield by a New Reductase without External Cofactors

(2012) Nai-Dong Shen et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Diminishing returns and tradeoffs constrain the laboratory optimization of an enzyme

(2012) Nobuhiko Tokuriki et al.   Nature Communications

Biochemistry of lactone formation in yeast and fungi and its utilisation for the production of flavour and fragrance compounds

(2010) Cynthia Romero-Guido et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Renaissance of α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactones: New Synthetic Approaches

(2009) Russell R. A. Kitson et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Production of γ-Decalactone by a Psychrophilic and a Mesophilic Strain of the Yeast Rhodotorula aurantiaca

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