Towards practical biocatalytic Baeyer- Villiger reactions: applying a thermostable enzyme in the gram- scale synthesis of optically- active lactones in a two-liquid- phase system

• Frank Schulz,
• François Leca,
• Frank Hollmann and
• Manfred T. Reetz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2005, 1, No. 10, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-1-10

• effective stoichiometric sacrificial electron donor, resulted in significantly decreased stability of both enzymes used. The maximum concentration of isopropanol under which both enzymes show optimal activity was found to be 5% (v/v). In order to enhance conversion, we added surplus reducing equivalents in