pH-switched HRP-catalyzed dimerization of resveratrol: a selective biomimetic synthesis

A selective, concise and green biomimetic synthesis strategy of seven resveratrol dimers from natural resveratrol monomer as starting material is described. By succinct adjustment of environmental pH, the enzyme used, horseradish peroxidase (HRP), can perform in three distinctly different patterns and five dimers form with considerable selectivity. Two other derivative dimers are subsequently synthesized.