After almost 4 years of intensive studies with fun 😀😁 (not too sure about the fun though 😔), I am excited to share as first author, the first publication from my program at the University of Connecticut, USA. The paper employed a tandem-catalytic system, i.e., electrocatalysis and biocatalysis, for chiral oxidation of organic molecules in microemulsion at 90 °C.
Enzymes are very specific and selective catalysts, with several advantages in synthesis, when compared to conventional organic synthesis. However, their applications at industrial-scale suffer a drawback of elevated temperatures. That is, they get denatured and lose nativity/structural conformation. How then can we bridge this gap, and be able to increase rates of enzymatic reactions by employing high temperatures? Published in the Journal of Chemistry Europe by Wiley, please have a read for more details at: https://lnkd.in/ek_AKnny
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3moI spent 3 happy [post-graduate] years at Leicester Uni - my eldest was born at the Royal Infirmary and I still have a soft-spot for the Tigers too.