title: Technical application of biological principles in asymmetric catalysis.
abstract: The production of enantiopure compounds is becoming increasingly important to the chemical and biotechnological industries. Bioorganic transformations look set to meet this demand due to their inherently regio- and stereoselective natures. In this sense, biosynthesis needs to be viewed as "chemistry by nature". Biological principles that have been optimized over thousands of years experience a new renaissance when used for technical asymmetric catalysis; however, to be able to use them, we need an appropriate technology: reaction engineering. Indeed, various biological principles are already being applied in technical asymmetric synthesis without the scientific community at large being aware of this.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 2,48149 Münster, Germany. aliese@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liese
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology / Q000379:methods*; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002384:Catalysis; D004798:Enzymes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007536:Isomerism; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D018581:Technology Transfer
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes