Issue 6, 2008
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Green Chemistry

Biocatalytic promiscuity: the first lipase-catalysed asymmetric aldol reaction

Chao Li,a   Xing-Wen Feng,a   Na Wang,*a   Yu-Jie Zhoua  and  Xiao-Qi Yu*a  

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a Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology (Ministry of Education), Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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Abstract

It was first observed that PPL, lipase from porcine pancreas, and several other lipases have a promiscuous ability to catalyse asymmetric aldol reactions between acetones and aldehydes in the presence of water.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B803406K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Feb 2008
Accepted
09 Apr 2008
First published
01 May 2008

Green Chem., 2008,10, 616-618

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C. Li, X. Feng, N. Wang, Y. Zhou and X. Yu, Green Chem., 2008, 10, 616 DOI: 10.1039/B803406K

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