Bioorganic and Enzymatic Catalysis

By (author) Wolf-D. Woggon

Book cover: Bioorganic and Enzymatic Catalysis

Extent: 192 pages

Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Subjects: Earth & Life Sciences 

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(November 2023)

ISBN: 9783527336838

6.69 x 9.65 inches

Price: $157.00

On back order

The book covers the most important enzymatic reactions and related catalytic bioorganic reactions using a new approach: Each enzymatic reaction type is compared with organocatalytic, organometallic and other alternative reactions, allowing the reader to understand catalytic reactions in a much-integrated way. It describes enzymatic C-C bond formation using aldolases, Claisen-type C-C bond formation involving fatty acid synthases and polyketide synthases, biomimetic cyclisations involving carbenium ions, enzymatic oxidation and C-H activation, as well as dioxygenases and oxidoreductases. With its unique approach, the book is a valuable source of information for professionals and researchers in academia and industry as well as graduate and PhD students working in the fields of organic chemistry, biochemistry, and life sciences.

1. Bioorganic and Enzymatic Catalysis: Introduction
2. C-C Bond Forming Reactions Catalyzed by Enzymes and Bioorganic Systems
3. C-C Bond Formation Involving Carbocations
4. Reactions Catalyzed by Heme Complexes
5. Oxidations Catalyzed by Non-Heme Complexes and other Co-Factors
6. Carboxylases
7. Enzymatic Oxidation
8. Oxidoreductases
9. Synthetic Systems that Mimic Certain Aspects of Oxidoreductases
 
 

Wolf-D. Woggon is Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Basel (Switzerland). He completed his Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) with the late Hans Schmid. After a postdoctoral stay with Alan Battersby in Cambridge (UK), he started his independent research at the University of Zurich and completed his habilitation in 1985. In 1995, he became professor at the University of Basel. His research interests include the synthesis of enzyme models, enzymatic reaction mechanisms, isolation of new enzymes, the synthesis of vitamins, metalloporphyrins, cyclodextrins and the development of new ligand-scaffolds for metal-organic catalysis. He has served for six years as head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Basel and for further four years as its managing director.

  • By (author) Wolf-D. Woggon

?Damit gelingt es dem Autor, beim Leser eine Faszination dafür zu erzeugen, wie ausgehend von den Enzymkatalysen der synthetische und bioorganische Werkzeugkasten auch für die modernen Probleme der organischen Synthesechemie genutzt werden kann. (?) Das Buch schafft es, insbesondere durch die reichlichen, sehr detaillierten und sehr klaren Darstellungen der organisch-chemischen Reaktionsmechanismen, das Wissen aus den Forschungsarbeiten in didaktisch ansprechender Weise zu vermitteln. (?) Das Buch ist sehr empfehlenswert für Studierende der Chemie, Biochemie, Chemischen Biologie und Lebenswissenschaften, die sich im Masterstudium auf das Arbeitsgebiet der Enzymchemie und bioorganischen Chemie spezialisieren und diese Thematik vertiefen möchten. Es setzt dabei ein Grundwissen in Biochemie und insbesondere in Enzymchemie voraus. Für Dozierende ist dieses Buch eine ideale Grundlage für eine Vorlesung zu dieser Thematik im Masterstudium. Darüber hinaus ist es sicher auch sehr hilfreich für Promovierende als theoretische Grundlage für ihre eigene Forschung in diesem Arbeitsgebiet.?
(BioSpektrum, 2/2025)
 
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