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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.
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Liese, A. Technical Application of Biological Principles in Asymmetric Catalysis. In: Kragl, U. (eds) Technology Transfer in Biotechnology. Advances in Biochemical Engineering, vol 92. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/b98912
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