Search Results - "Hammer, Stephan C."
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Anti-Markovnikov alkene oxidation by metal-oxo–mediated enzyme catalysis
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (13-10-2017)“…Catalytic anti-Markovnikov oxidation of alkene feedstocks could simplify synthetic routes to many important molecules and solve a long-standing challenge in…”
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New Generation of Biocatalysts for Organic Synthesis
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (17-03-2014)“…The use of enzymes as catalysts for the preparation of novel compounds has received steadily increasing attention over the past few years. High demands are…”
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Methylation of Unactivated Alkenes with Engineered Methyltransferases To Generate Non‐natural Terpenoids
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (26-06-2023)“…Terpenoids are built from isoprene building blocks and have numerous biological functions. Selective late‐stage modification of their carbon scaffold has the…”
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Asymmetric Enzymatic Hydration of Unactivated, Aliphatic Alkenes
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (02-01-2019)“…The direct enantioselective addition of water to unactivated alkenes could simplify the synthesis of chiral alcohols and solve a long‐standing challenge in…”
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A New Age of Biocatalysis Enabled by Generic Activation Modes
Published in JACS Au (24-06-2024)“…Biocatalysis is currently undergoing a profound transformation. The field moves from relying on nature’s chemical logic to a discipline that exploits generic…”
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Squalene hopene cyclases: highly promiscuous and evolvable catalysts for stereoselective C C and C X bond formation
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Fast and easy synthesis of the non-commercially available standard isobutyl monophosphate (ammonium salt)
Published in MethodsX (01-01-2021)“…In an attempt to establish a biosynthetic route towards isobutene, we faced the problem that the first intermediate isobutyl-monophosphate was not commercially…”
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Squalene hopene cyclases are protonases for stereoselective Brønsted acid catalysis
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Enzymatic Control over Reactive Intermediates Enables Direct Oxidation of Alkenes to Carbonyls by a P450 Iron-Oxo Species
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (07-09-2022)“…The aerobic oxidation of alkenes to carbonyls is an important and challenging transformation in synthesis. Recently, a new P450-based enzyme (aMOx) has been…”
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Engineered Enzymes Enable Selective N‐Alkylation of Pyrazoles With Simple Haloalkanes
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (01-03-2021)“…Selective alkylation of pyrazoles could solve a challenge in chemistry and streamline synthesis of important molecules. Here we report catalyst‐controlled…”
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Comparative S -adenosyl-L-methionine analogue generation for selective biocatalytic Friedel-Crafts alkylation
Published in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (02-05-2023)“…Methyltransferases provide excellent specificity in late-stage alkylation of biomolecules. Their dependence on -adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) mandates efficient…”
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Substrate Profiling of Anion Methyltransferases for Promiscuous Synthesis of S‐Adenosylmethionine Analogs from Haloalkanes
Published in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology (16-02-2022)“…Biocatalytic alkylation reactions can be performed with high chemo‐, regio‐ and stereoselectivity using S‐adenosyl‐l‐methionine (SAM)‐dependent…”
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Chiral Alcohols from Alkenes and Water: Directed Evolution of a Styrene Hydratase
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (06-02-2023)“…Enantioselective synthesis of chiral alcohols through asymmetric addition of water across an unactivated alkene is a highly sought‐after transformation and a…”
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Selective Biocatalytic N‐Methylation of Unsaturated Heterocycles
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (25-11-2022)“…Methods for regioselective N‐methylation and ‐alkylation of unsaturated heterocycles with “off the shelf” reagents are highly sought‐after. This reaction could…”
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Asymmetric Enzymatic Hydration of Unactivated, Aliphatic Alkenes
Published in Angewandte Chemie (02-01-2019)“…The direct enantioselective addition of water to unactivated alkenes could simplify the synthesis of chiral alcohols and solve a long‐standing challenge in…”
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Front Cover: Efficient Transferase Engineering for SAM Analog Synthesis from Iodoalkanes (ChemBioChem 10/2024)
Published in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology (17-05-2024)“…The cover image depicts snapshots of an enzyme′s dynamic behavior derived from molecular dynamics simulations. Protein movements can provide valuable insights…”
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Molecular Basis for Chemoselectivity Control in Oxidations of Internal Aryl‐Alkenes Catalyzed by Laboratory Evolved P450s
Published in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology (17-05-2024)“…P450 enzymes naturally perform selective hydroxylations and epoxidations of unfunctionalized hydrocarbon substrates, among other reactions. The adaptation of…”
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Squalene hopene cyclases are protonases for stereoselective Brønsted acid catalysis
Published in Nature chemical biology (01-02-2015)“…Biocatalysis can take advantage of an enzyme's inherent reactivity regardless of its physiological role, as shown for a terpene cyclase turned Brønsted acid…”
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Controlling Monoterpene Isomerization by Guiding Challenging Carbocation Rearrangement Reactions in Engineered Squalene‐Hopene Cyclases
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (18-03-2024)“…The interconversion of monoterpenes is facilitated by a complex network of carbocation rearrangement pathways. Controlling these isomerization pathways is…”
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Imine Reductase-Catalyzed Intermolecular Reductive Amination of Aldehydes and Ketones
Published in ChemCatChem (01-10-2015)“…Imine reductases (IREDs) have emerged as promising biocatalysts for the synthesis of chiral amines. In this study, the asymmetric imine reductase‐catalyzed…”
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