Microbial Reagents in Organic Synthesis

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Cyclase Mediated Synthesis of Terpenoids

• Keith S. Kyler, Mark J. Novak

(R)- and (S)-Cyanohydrins - Their Enzymatic Synthesis and Their Reactions

• F. X. Effenberger

Chemical-Enzymatic Synthesis of Carbohydrates

• Chi-Huey Wong, Yoshitaka Ichikawa, Tetsuya Kajimoto, Kevin K.-C. Liu, David P. Dumas, Ying-Chih Lin et al.

A Building Block Strategy for Asymmetric Synthesis: The DHAP-Aldolases

• Wolf-Dieter Fessner

Transferase Catalyzed Synthesis: Applications in Series of Aminoacids and Monosaccharides

• J. Bolte, C. Demuynck, O. Constant, L. Hecquet

Acyloin Formation Mediated by Benzoylformate Decarboxylases

• Owen P. Ward, Richard Wilcocks, Elizabeth Prosen, Scott Collins, Nolan J. Dewdney, Yaping Hong

Front Matter

Organic Synthesis Via Biocatalytic Methods — A Chemoenzymatic Approach to the Synthesis of FK506

• Charles J. Sih, Rui-Lin Gu

Use of Enzymes as Catalysts in Key Reactions Leading to the Synthesis of Optically Active Natural Products and Analogues

• S. M. Roberts, N. J. Turner

New Enzymatic Methods for the Selective Functionalization of Carbohydrate Derivatives

• H. Waldmann, A. Heuser, P. Braun, M. Schultz, H. Kunz

Efficient Synthesis of Optically Active Carbohydrates and Other Oxygenated Compounds Through Bio-Oxidation of Chlorinated Aromatics

• T. Hudlicky

Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Natural Products and Bioactive Compounds

• R. Chênevert, R. Gagnon, M. Desjardins, M. Dickman, P. Bureau, G. Fortier et al.

Biotransformations Applied to the Synthesis of Vitamins and Pharmaceuticals

• H. G. W. Leuenberger

Front Matter

A Direct Route from Hydantoins to D-Amino Acids Employing a Resting Cell Biocatalyst With D-Hydantoinase and D-Carbamoylase Activity

• Andreas S. Bommarius, Matthias Kottenhahn, Herbert Klenk, Karlheinz Drauz

The Use of Immobilized Penicillin G Acylase in Organic Synthesis

• Eva Baldaro, Claudio Fuganti, Stefano Servi, Auro Tagliani, Marco Terreni

Are Proteases Suitable Tools for the Formation of Peptide Bonds?

• H.-D. Jakubke

Enzymatic Aminolysis, Hydrazinolysis and Oximolysis Reactions

• V. Gotor